Casino Guichard-Perrachon DIGITAL

Target: Casino, Guichard-Perrachon and relevant subsidiaries, including Monoprix, Franprix, Naturalia and Cdiscount.

Research date: 23 October 2026.

Scope: Enterprise technology, Israeli-origin retail systems, computer vision, cloud infrastructure, data processing, military and security technology, AI, technology investments and related civil-society scrutiny.

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Israeli-origin retail technology - A2Z Cust2Mate

In October 2023, A2Z Cust2Mate announced an initial purchase order for 250 smart shopping carts intended for Monoprix stores, with an anticipated deployment across 20 locations. The programme followed A2Z’s agreement with French retail technology integrator IR2S, which provided installation, integration and technical-support services. The order establishes a documented commercial procurement relationship involving an Israeli-origin technology supplier and a Casino Group retail subsidiary. ^{1, 2}

A2Z’s 2025 Form 20-F confirms that the first smart carts were delivered to the Monoprix Monop Malakoff store in Paris in August 2024. It also confirms the commencement of deployment at a Franprix store in Paris’s 17th arrondissement on 6 August 2024. These deployments establish operational use after 19 July 2024. ¹

On 21 August 2024, A2Z announced the launch of Cust2Mate 3.0 smart carts at the Monoprix Porte Maillot location in Paris. The company identified its IR2S framework agreement as the basis for the French deployments. ³

Contemporaneous reporting documented five Cust2Mate carts operating at a Monoprix location on Avenue Malakoff and ten carts at a Franprix supermarket in Paris. The same report described intentions to expand use to approximately 20 stores under each retail banner. These expansion figures represented announced plans rather than independently verified completed installations. ⁴

A2Z’s 2025 regulatory filing records a September 2024 follow-on order from Franprix franchise stores covering ten additional locations, with deployment anticipated during 2025. The filing provides evidence of further commercial orders after July 2024, although the eventual number of operational stores is not established by that order alone. ¹

Technology function and integration

Cust2Mate smart carts combine computer vision, integrated weighing, touchscreen displays, shopping-basket recognition and in-cart payment functionality. The system can generate shopping-behaviour information and support personalised commercial offers. These functions place the technology within the retailer’s customer-facing transaction and behavioural-data environment. ^{4, 5}

IR2S is identified in A2Z’s filings as the French integration and support intermediary. This establishes an indirect route through which Israeli-origin retail technology entered Monoprix and Franprix operations. ¹

In September 2024, A2Z announced a strategic partnership with Nayax to integrate self-service payment and loyalty technology with Cust2Mate smart carts, identifying France as an initial deployment market. The available disclosure does not establish which Casino-affiliated installations, if any, used Nayax payment processing. ¹

Historical Israeli-origin technology - Shekel Brainweigh

In October 2020, Casino Group participated in a Monoprix autonomous-store project using intelligent weighing and product-recognition technology supplied by Israel-based Shekel Brainweigh. The pilot was located at Monoprix headquarters in Clichy, France, and used AI-supported shelf technology to identify products selected by shoppers. ^{6, 7}

The installation covered approximately 18 square metres, stocked more than 300 items and was initially tested by Monoprix employees. Entry and payment involved a bank card, with shopping baskets validated before exit. The reported project partners included Shekel Brainweigh, Orika, Ingenico and the French card-payment network. ^{7, 8}

The documented deployment was a 2020 pilot. No public evidence identified establishing that the Shekel Brainweigh system remained operational in October 2026. ^{6, 7}

Major enterprise transformation partners

On 6 July 2021, Casino Group announced a strategic technology collaboration with Google Cloud and Accenture, covering the digital transformation of physical retail, ecommerce and business-to-business activities. The partnership included analytics, machine learning, AI and technology support for the Group’s data-marketing subsidiary RelevanC. ^{9, 10}

Casino’s announcement specifically identified Google Cloud’s analytics and AI capabilities as relevant to customer experience and operating efficiency. It also identified RelevanC as an intended beneficiary of commercial and technological support. ⁹

Ocado confirms that its relationship with Casino began in November 2017 and involved the deployment of Ocado Smart Platform for online grocery operations. Its operational description identifies the Fleury-Mérogis fulfilment centre and the Monoprix Plus and Naturalia retail banners. ¹¹

Ocado reports that its automated fulfilment centre began operating in March 2020 and that additional in-store fulfilment capabilities were deployed from 2022. Its partnership page describes the facility as continuing to serve Casino-related ecommerce operations. ¹¹

Casino also maintains a documented ecommerce relationship with Amazon. In June 2021, Casino reported more than 9,000 Monoprix and Naturalia products available through Amazon’s online services, alongside 600 Amazon Lockers installed in Group stores. ¹²

In October 2025, Casino announced the expansion of the Monoprix-Amazon commercial partnership to 22 additional French cities, bringing the total coverage to 30 cities. This establishes a continuing digital commercial relationship during the period following July and November 2024. ¹³

Israeli-origin cybersecurity vendors

No public evidence identified establishing direct Casino procurement or deployment of Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, Claroty or other specifically investigated Israeli-origin enterprise cybersecurity vendors.

No public evidence identified establishing that Google Cloud, Accenture or Ocado deployed those named Israeli-origin cybersecurity products within Casino’s enterprise environment.

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

AI-enabled shopping carts

The Cust2Mate systems deployed at Monoprix and Franprix use computer vision and weighing technologies to identify products during a shopping journey, calculate basket values and allow payment without a conventional checkout queue. The integrated displays can present product information, promotions and personalised recommendations. ^{4, 5}

Specialist reporting states that smart-cart technology can collect behavioural information during shopping, potentially supporting personalised marketing. The available public records do not identify the full categories of personal information collected at individual Casino-affiliated stores or the complete technical data-processing architecture. ⁴

AI-enabled autonomous-store technology

The 2020 Monoprix pilot used Shekel Brainweigh’s intelligent weighing system and algorithms to determine which products shoppers removed from shelves. The documented purpose was autonomous product recognition and checkout automation. ^{6, 7}

The system’s reported operation relied on intelligent weighing and product recognition. No public evidence identified establishing that the pilot used facial recognition, gait identification or biometric identity matching. ^{6, 7}

Shelf monitoring and computer vision

VusionGroup announced that Monoprix selected its Captana computer-vision and sensor-cloud solution after trials beginning in July 2021. The first announced deployment phase covered approximately 100 stores, with implementation planned through the first quarter of 2022. ¹⁴

Captana uses small wireless cameras, computer vision and sensor data to detect shelf stockouts, monitor merchandise availability and support replenishment. Its stated application is product and shelf monitoring. ¹⁴

In May 2024, specialist retail reporting documented Casino’s use of Captana and related data-processing technology to supply real-time product-availability information to manufacturers through RelevanC. The system combined shelf-camera observations, inventory and receipt information. ¹⁵

A subsequent VusionGroup case study published in the 2025–2026 period described continuing Monoprix use of Captana and development of a digital store cockpit aggregating operational information, including stockouts, sales, margins and losses. ¹⁶

No public evidence identified establishing that VusionGroup’s Captana installation constitutes an Israeli-origin technology purchase.

Facial recognition and biometric identity systems

No public evidence identified establishing Casino-specific deployment of facial-recognition or biometric identification products supplied by BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto, Oosto, Trigo or comparable Israeli-origin vendors.

Predictive policing and workforce surveillance

No public evidence identified establishing Casino procurement of Israeli-origin predictive-policing, intelligence-monitoring or law-enforcement surveillance systems.

Third-party deployments

A2Z’s relationship with IR2S establishes a documented third-party integration route for Israeli-origin computer-vision retail technology into Monoprix and Franprix stores. ^{1, 2}

No public evidence identified establishing that unrelated enterprise technology providers indirectly introduced Israeli-origin biometric surveillance systems into Casino’s infrastructure.

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Cloud and analytics infrastructure

Casino’s July 2021 agreement with Google Cloud and Accenture covered retail transformation, ecommerce, analytics, machine learning and the development of RelevanC’s data-marketing services. The announcement establishes commercial engagement with Google Cloud technologies but does not specify the geographical locations of all associated data-processing systems. ^{9, 10}

Ocado identifies the operational location of Casino’s automated grocery fulfilment centre as Fleury-Mérogis, near Paris. This establishes the physical location of the fulfilment facility, without determining every jurisdiction in which associated customer, operational or cloud data may be processed. ¹¹

Customer and behavioural data

The Cust2Mate deployment creates a documented technical environment capable of generating customer shopping-basket and behavioural information through its computer-vision, weighing and transaction functions. The available public documentation does not establish that Casino customer data is stored in Israel or routinely accessible from Israeli infrastructure. ^{1, 4}

RelevanC’s disclosed function involves data-marketing services, and Casino’s 2021 partnership identified Google Cloud’s analytics and AI services as relevant to developing that business. The announcement does not identify an Israeli processing location or Israeli-controlled data centre. ⁹

Israeli data centres

No public evidence identified establishing Casino ownership, leasing or operation of data centres in Israel.

Government cloud contracts

No public evidence identified establishing Casino participation as a supplier, integrator or subcontractor in Israel’s Project Nimbus or other Israeli government cloud procurement programmes.

The documented Casino-Google Cloud partnership concerns Casino’s retail, ecommerce and data-marketing operations. Its published scope does not establish an Israeli government customer or Israeli state infrastructure contract. ^{9, 10}

Sovereign-cloud and resilience services

No public evidence identified establishing Casino provision of data-sovereignty, secure hosting or infrastructure-resilience services to Israeli government, defence or intelligence institutions.

Data-residency verification gaps

No public evidence identified establishing the physical hosting regions, international transfer arrangements or legally accessible storage locations for the operational data generated by Casino-affiliated Cust2Mate systems.

No public evidence identified establishing whether the A2Z, IR2S or Nayax technical arrangements give any Israeli-domiciled entity access to identifiable Casino customer information.

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

Military and intelligence contracts

No public evidence identified establishing a Casino Guichard-Perrachon contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli intelligence agencies or Israeli state-security bodies for cloud services, communications, analytics, digital infrastructure or other technology.

General-purpose technology and potential dual use

The documented Israeli-origin Cust2Mate systems are commercial retail technologies intended for product recognition, shopping-cart management, payment and customer-facing retail operations. The identified Monoprix and Franprix deployments are ordinary commercial retail locations in France. ^{1, 4}

The documented Shekel Brainweigh installation was an autonomous retail-store pilot using AI and weighing technology for identifying consumer products. ^{6, 7}

No public evidence identified establishing military, intelligence or law-enforcement surveillance deployment of Casino-owned technology in Israel or occupied territories.

Offensive cyber and digital weapons

No public evidence identified establishing Casino development, licensing, sale or maintenance of offensive cyber tools, exploit platforms, military cyber capabilities or digital weapons systems.

Military-purpose targeting systems

No public evidence identified establishing Casino provision of autonomous targeting, fire-control, kill-chain automation or purpose-built lethal military AI products.

Settlement-related digital infrastructure

No public evidence identified establishing that Casino or its franchisees supply digital infrastructure, managed technology services or surveillance platforms to settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

Commercial AI in retail

Casino’s Monoprix subsidiary used AI-supported product recognition through Shekel Brainweigh’s autonomous shopping technology in a documented October 2020 pilot. The system’s stated purpose was identifying merchandise removed from shelves and completing consumer purchases. ^{6, 7}

From August 2024, Monoprix and Franprix began deploying A2Z Cust2Mate smart carts. The systems use AI-supported computer vision and product recognition to automate basket creation and checkout functions. ^{1, 3, 4}

VusionGroup documents Monoprix’s use of computer vision and AI to identify stockouts and improve merchandise availability. Subsequent development included a digital store cockpit combining inventory and other operational indicators. ^{14, 16}

Casino’s July 2021 agreement with Google Cloud and Accenture expressly included machine learning, artificial intelligence and analytics for retail operations and RelevanC’s data-marketing activities. ^{9, 10}

Predictive and operational analytics

VusionGroup’s Captana technology monitors shelf inventory through computer vision and provides data that retailers can use to organise replenishment and improve product availability. ¹⁴

By May 2024, Casino was using Captana-derived information with other operational data to support supplier-facing stock-availability reporting through RelevanC. ¹⁵

AI provision to Israeli institutions

No public evidence identified establishing Casino provision of machine-learning, computer-vision, predictive analytics or autonomous decision-support systems to Israeli state, military or security institutions.

Training data and surveillance-derived datasets

No public evidence identified establishing that Casino-developed AI systems were trained on intercepted communications, intelligence datasets or surveillance-derived personal information originating in Israel or occupied territories.

Autonomous weapons and lethality

No public evidence identified establishing that Casino develops or provides autonomous targeting, automated weapons control or military target-generation systems.

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Ownership and controlling shareholders

Casino announced that its March 2024 financial restructuring transferred control to France Retail Holdings, an entity ultimately controlled by Daniel Křetínský. The restructuring also resulted in a new board and executive leadership. ¹⁷

On 11 February 2025, Casino reported that Trinity Investments had transferred its 7.65% interest in France Retail Holdings to EP Equity Investment III. Casino stated that France Retail Holdings’ direct interest in Casino remained 53.04% and that Trinity continued to hold shares directly in Casino. ¹⁸

Controlling-principal technology investments

No public evidence identified establishing direct personal investments by Casino’s controlling shareholder, chair, chief executive or other identified senior directors in Israeli military-intelligence, cyber-surveillance or defence-AI companies.

No public evidence identified establishing relevant equity holdings or board appointments involving NSO Group, Cellebrite, Carbyne, Oosto, Wiz, Check Point, SentinelOne, Verint or NICE.

Israeli research and development facilities

No public evidence identified establishing Casino-operated software engineering centres, AI laboratories, technology accelerators or other research and development facilities in Israel.

Acquisitions and strategic investments

No public evidence identified establishing Casino acquisitions of Israeli-origin cybersecurity, surveillance, AI or retail-technology companies.

The documented relationship with A2Z is a commercial technology procurement and deployment arrangement involving Casino retail banners and an integrator. The cited supplier disclosures do not identify an equity acquisition by Casino. ^{1, 2}

Joint development and intellectual property

No public evidence identified establishing Casino-specific patent licensing, co-development agreements or technology research partnerships with Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann Institute or other Israeli research institutions.

Non-Israeli technology development

Ocado documents an extended technology relationship involving automated fulfilment and robotics for Casino’s French grocery operations. ¹¹

VusionGroup documents operational technology development with Monoprix, including Captana and a store-management cockpit based on aggregated retail information. ¹⁶

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

Civil-society and UN investigations

No public evidence identified in the reviewed accessible materials establishing that Casino Guichard-Perrachon was specifically named in an NGO or UN investigation concerning technology provision to Israeli state-security institutions or digital operations within occupied territories.

No public evidence identified establishing that Casino’s documented Cust2Mate, Shekel Brainweigh, Google Cloud or Ocado relationships were the subject of a company-specific UN finding concerning Israeli military or settlement activities.

Boycott and divestment campaigns

No public evidence identified establishing an organised boycott or divestment campaign specifically directed at Casino’s use of A2Z Cust2Mate, Shekel Brainweigh or other Israeli-origin digital technologies.

No public evidence identified establishing a Casino corporate response to such a technology-specific campaign.

Regulatory and legal proceedings

No public evidence identified establishing export-control proceedings, sanctions enforcement, regulatory investigations or litigation against Casino arising from the provision of technology to Israeli military, intelligence or government bodies.

Post-July 2024 commercial activity

A2Z’s filings establish actual smart-cart deployments at Casino-affiliated retail banners in August 2024 and a September 2024 follow-on commercial order for additional Franprix franchise stores. These events occurred after 19 July 2024. ¹

Casino’s announced expansion of the Monoprix-Amazon ecommerce partnership in October 2025 establishes continuing digital commercial activity with Amazon after November 2024. The disclosed arrangement concerns French grocery ecommerce and delivery. ¹³

No public evidence identified establishing that Casino’s post-July 2024 retail technology procurements provided technology to Israeli government, military or settlement institutions.

Outstanding verification

No public evidence identified establishing the complete Casino-specific data-residency configuration for A2Z Cust2Mate, Nayax, Google Cloud or other operational platforms.

No public evidence identified establishing that the documented Israeli-origin retail technology deployments extended into Israeli settlements or Israeli government security infrastructure.