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Wholesaler Metro To Cease Operations In Myanmar

Wholesale giant Metro has announced the decision to discontinue its foodservice distribution business in Myanmar, citing volatile investment and business e...

Wholesaler Metro Sees Q3 Sales Up, Raises Outlook For Financial Year

Wholesale giant Metro AG now expects sales to decline by between 0.5% and 3.5% in its current financial year, ahead of the group's previous forecast o...

Wholesaler Metro Sells Lisbon Location In Sale-And-Leaseback Transaction

Wholesale giant Metro has announced that its Makro Portugal arm has sold its Lisbon location in a sale-and-leaseback transaction. The site, in the Alfra...

Wholesaler Metro Teams Up With Plastic Bank On Waste Collection Plans

Wholesale giant Metro AG has announced a partnership with Plastic Bank, which will see it collect more than 65 million plastic bottles, equivalent to more...

Wholesaler Metro Sees Sales Down 11.9% In Second Quarter

Wholesale giant Metro has reported a 11.9% drop in sales in the second quarter of its financial year, adding that it has come through the most recent lockd...

Wholesaler Metro Revises Forecasts Over Delayed Reopening Of Hospitality Businesses

The delayed reopening of hospitality businesses has prompted wholesale giant Metro to revise its guidance for the coming year. The group said that accor...

Auchan, Casino, DIA, Metro, Schiever Call Time On Horizon Structure

Auchan Retail, Groupe Casino, DIA, Metro and Schiever have announced that they are not planning to renew their Horizon purchasing alliance for 2022, by mut...

Wholesaler Metro Looks To Boost Cloud Competence With New Digital Initiative

Metro has announced plans to 'boost cloud adoption and drive innovation' across the wholesale and retail sectors, through the development of a new Cloud Co...