Metro Cash and Carry

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>¹ operates under the brand name makro</small>

<small>² 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:

• Istanbul (x5)
• Ankara (x2)
• Bursa (x2)
• Izmir (x2)
• Adana
• Antalya
• Alanya
• Bodrum
• Gaziantep
• Konya
• Izmit

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):

• Sofia (x2)
• Plovdiv (x2)
• Ruse
• Varna
• Stara Zagora
• Burgas
• Blagoevgrad
• ......

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