GMG<\/a> acquired Groupe Casino operations in the UAE in 2022, with exclusive rights to expand the group\u2019s operations in the Middle East. The acquisition included 18 G\u00e9ant hypermarket and supermarket locations across the UAE, as well as Groupe Casino\u2019s other brands, such as Franprix and Monoprix as well as monop, to which GMG also has exclusive rights to expand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe UAE edition of the French concept operates under the umbrella of ‘The Art of Living’, created by the Monoprix mother brand.<\/span><\/p>\nPresident of retail at Everyday Goods, Marc Laurent, said: \u201cmonop is truly unique, a true representation of modern life convenience store, making quality food accessible for everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n“In line with our sustainability efforts to make a change, we are partnering with RECAPP by Veolia to facilitate a more sustainable way of living, by allowing consumers to recycle at our branch through in-store recycling stations for plastic, batteries and cans. In the coming months, we will expand our partnership across more of our retail stores, including Geant and aswaaq branches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nTo date, GMG has introduced more than 120 brands and announced plans to double its global workforce by 2025. Currently, GMG employs over 10,000 people across all its verticals in 12 countries.<\/span><\/p>\nFollowing its Aswaaq acquisition in February this year, GMG added 11 community malls and 22 supermarkets to GMG\u2019s expanding retail network.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UAE retailer and well-being company GMG has launched monop’s first convenient store in Dubai – at Jumeirah Town Centre <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1323,1],"tags":[4053,4886,3966],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23328,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23326\/revisions\/23328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}