The chain was founded by independent retailers in 2006, which was created as a result of cooperation between retailers who opposed the sale of Spar Finland to SOK and resigned from the chain.

consumer goods) were approximately EUR 98 million in 2015, when the chain's market share of the Finnish grocery trade was estimated at a total of 0.6%.

The M-chain's main logistics partner is Wihuri Oy [fi] (formerly Tuko Logistics [fi] until 2018), and has its own supplier agreements with about a hundred partners.

All individual stores of the M-chain are also grouped under an umbrella marketing organisation called M Itsenäiset Kauppiaat Oy.

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