March 26 (Reuters) - Grocery items sourced from the Monoprixchain of stores will be available on Amazon's Prime Nowservice to customers in
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Groupe Monoprix has 698 stores located in city centres,including 300 stores in
Groceries sourced from Monoprix will be available in thePrime Now app and web site through a dedicated virtual store,the companies said.(Reporting by Alan Charlish; Editing by Richard Lough)