METRO Cash & Carry is an international self-service wholesale retailer. It operates across Europe and in some countries of Asia and Northern Africa. It is the largest sales division of the German trade and retail giant
METRO AG.
METRO Cash & Carry is different from
B2C retail chains (such as
Walmart,
Carrefour or
Tesco) in that its business concept is targeted towards professional customers rather than end consumers. The
cash-and-carry concept is based around self-service and bulk buying. METRO Cash & Carry serves to registered customers only. Core customer groups are hotels, restaurants, caterers, traders and other business professionals.
International operations
, METRO Cash & Carry has operations in the 29 countries.<!-- deleted file removed -->
<small><sup>1</sup> operates under the brand name
makro</small>
<small><sup>2</sup> expected opening </small>
Turkey
The first METRO Cash & Carry stores in Turkey opened in
Istanbul in 1990. the company operates eighteen stores in the following cities:
Bulgaria
The first two METRO Cash and Carry stores in Bulgaria opened in
Sofia and
Plovdiv on 18 March 1999. the company operates 13 stores in 11 cities (including Metro Kompact 2 stores):
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