MCC Bulgaria: Store Opening in Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo, 30 April, 2008 – Today METRO Cash & Carry, the international leading player in self-service wholesale, opened its new store in Veliko Tarnovo. In total METRO Cash & Carry is now present in nine locations in Bulgaria.

”The METRO Cash & Carry store in Veliko Tarnovo will provide professional customers such as hotels, restaurants as well as small and mid-sized retailers with assortments and services perfectly tailored to their special needs,” says Willi Beisheim, Managing Director of METRO Cash & Carry Bulgaria. “Hence, we are convinced that the outlet will be very successful and a big benefit for our professional customers in Bulgaria.”

The new store has a sales area of around 7,500 square meters, provides 500 free car parking units and extended opening hours. The product range covers up to 60,000 high quality food and nonfood articles at competitive wholesale prices. With the extension of the destination areas (fruits & vegetables, fish, meat, dairy, wine, office supplies, seasonal & media products) and the complementation of the premium assortment, METRO Cash & Carry Bulgaria offers its professional customers everything they need under one roof. Moreover, the company offers exceptional consultancy. By this means, the METRO Cash & Carry clearly helps its professional customers to modernize their businesses, boost sales and restructure their store management in compliance with HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point), a food safety system required within the European Union. In this way the company’s customers can increase their competitiveness and thereby strengthen their own business.

The new METRO Cash & Carry store gives direct employment to 220 from the local community. On average new METRO Cash & Carry store is an investment of 20 million Euros.