Prisunic (Société Française des Magasins à Prix Uniques) was a French variety store chain that closed in 2003.

The Prisunic stores were founded by Maurice Farhi[1][2] Pierre Lanuionie, and Henry Reichenbach,[3][4] however accounts vary as to the exact details.

In a precursor to the commercial franchise, affiliated retailers benefited from the name and services of the central purchasing agency, SAPAC, created in 1934.

[6] When Nazi Germany occupied France in 1940, Prisunic CEO Maurice Farhi, who was Jewish, fled with his wife and children to the United States.

[19] Over the companies existence international stores were also operated in Andorra, Greece (as Prisunic-Marinopoulos), Algeria, Cameroon, Djibouti, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritius, Réunion, Spain and the UAE to name some.

Paraît que le nylon ça brûle en deux minutes.Other songs that mention Prisunic include Les Antimémoires, by Bernard Lavilliers, Machine à laver by the French punk rock group Starshooter, On s'ennuie, by Alain Souchon on his Rame album, Musique vieille, written by Gérard Presgurvic, and sung by Patrick Bruel on the l'album De face en 1986, Guitarist, written by Charlélie Couture on the album Solo Boys, Poupée psychédélique by Thierry Hazard, Allongés sous les vagues, on the album Putain de camion, sung by Renaud as well as the humorous parody song by the comedians knowns as the Inconnus, It's You that I Love (C’est toi que je t’aime).

In 1973, the collector and art critic Jacques Putman, who initiated this operation with the chain of stores, bought the stock of unsold works and then created the Société de diffusion d'œuvres plastiques et multiples (SDOPM).

This exhibition is presented as an "evocation of the history of the creation of Prisunic stores through the great economic and cultural moments and the actions taken at different times.

[30] From September 5 to November 30, 2008, the VIA gallery, located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, organized an exhibition "Prisunic and Design, a unique adventure" on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first mail order catalog published in 1968 by the brand.