The companies said on Tuesday they were in talks to jointlynegotiate purchases with their main, multi-national food andnon-food suppliers.
Casino's planned partnership with Auchan in this area comesjust a week after it struck a deal with Amazon.
Casino and Amazon said last week that groceries sourced fromCasino's Monoprix supermarket arm would be available through theAmazon Prime Now app and website.(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, editing by Larry King)