Metro Cash & Carry
METRO Cash & Carry is a German multinational wholesale chain, owned by Metro AG, which operates membership-only warehouse clubs across Europe, China, India, Japan and Pakistan.
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Private | |
Industry | Wholesale |
Founded | 1964 |
Headquarters | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Key people | Olaf Koch, CEO |
Products | Fast-moving consumer goods |
Revenue | €29.4 billion (2018) [1] |
Number of employees | 118,000 (2018) |
Parent | Metro AG ![]() |
Subsidiaries | Metro Cash & Carry Pakistan |
Website | www.metro-cc.com |
The cash-and-carry concept is based around self-service and bulk buying targets business owners. Core customer groups are hotels, restaurants, caterers, traders, and other business professionals.
Operations
As of June 2019, Metro Cash & Carry is operating around 769 stores in 26 countries.[2]
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Country | Opened | Wholesale centers |
---|---|---|
Germany | 1964 | 107 |
France | 1971 | 98 |
China | 1996 | 94 |
Russia | 2001 | 93 |
Italy | 1972 | 49 |
Spain1 | 1972 | 37 |
Turkey | 1990 | 33 |
Ukraine | 2003 | 31 |
Romania | 1996 | 30 |
Poland1 | 1994 | 29 |
India | 2003 | 27 |
Netherlands1 | 1968 | 17 |
Belgium1 | 1970 | 17 |
Czech Republic1 | 1997 | 13 |
Hungary | 1994 | 13 |
Austria | 1971 | 12 |
Bulgaria | 1999 | 11 |
Portugal1 | 1990 | 10 |
Japan | 2002 | 10 |
Serbia | 2005 | 9 |
Croatia | 2001 | 9 |
Pakistan | 2007 | 9 |
Kazakhstan | 2009 | 6 |
Slovakia | 2000 | 6 |
Republic of Moldova | 2004 | 3 |
1 Operating under Makro brand.
Former operations
United Kingdom
In 2012, Metro sold its 30 Makro stores in United Kingdom to Booker Group.[3]
Denmark
Metro opened the first store in 1971 in the Copenhagen suburb of Glostrup. Since then stores have been opened in Aarhus, Kolding, Sydhavnen in Copenhagen and Aalborg in chronological order. Denmark was one of the first countries to begin operating delivery services out of the stores and had its own truck fleet that covered all of Denmark. Metro left Denmark in December 2014.[4]
Greece
In 2014, Metro sold the Makro Greek business, composed of 9 stores, to Sklavenitis.[5]
Egypt
The first store opened in June 2010 and the second in October 2010.[6] Both stores were closed some time within 2013-2015, as the company started withdrawing from loss-making markets.
Morocco
In 2010, Metro sold the Makro subsidiary in Morocco.[7]
Vietnam
In 2014, Metro Group signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary in Vietnam, consisting of 19 stores, to the Thai group Berli Jucker worth €665 million.[8]
Logos
From 1964, for this supermarket chain, there were two different logos. The first logo of the supermarket chain had been in use from 1964 to 2004, and the second and current logo is in use since 2004.
References
- "METRO Cash & Carry" (PDF). Metro AG. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- "METRO Cash & Carry". Metrog-cc.de. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- "The Grocer - Booker swoops to buy up beleaguered Makro". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- "METRO Cash & Carry sells parts of the Danish business to Euro Cater". Metrogroup.de. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- "Germany's Metro sells nine Greek cash-and-carry stores". Reuters. 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
- "مترو | TOP-LEVEL". Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- "METRO Cash & Carry divests business in Morocco". Metro AG. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
- "METRO GROUP signs agreement to divest its wholesale activities in Vietnam". 7 August 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.