by Eugene Vorotnikov FoodBizDaily.com Moscow
January 26 2010 - Metro Group, one of the world’s largest retail groups, has officially opened its new representative office in Berlin, according to German media reports.
With the new office, the retail group plans to extend its dialogue with the government and parliament, as well as relevant stakeholders groups.
"A transparent and ongoing cooperation and a dialogue without prejudice are more important for the company today than ever before," says Dr. Eckhard Cordes, CEO of Metro.
According to him, many challenges of our day, such as the consequences of the economic and financial crisis, require a new responsible partnership between the government and industry.
He also added that currently Metro Group is a real force field in the German economy. In its home market alone it has a workforce of about 120,000 people and generates around EUR 27 billion in sales.
Metro has already operated representative offices in Moscow, Brussels, Warsaw, Bucharest and Istanbul.
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About METRO AG
METRO AG is a Germany-based trading and retail company. It acts as a holding company for the METRO Group, which is organized into four independent sales divisions: Metro Cash & Carry, which is engaged in cash and carry wholesaling worldwide; Real, which operates hypermarkets in Germany, Poland, Romania and Turkey; Media Markt and Saturn, which sells consumer electronics across Europe, and Galeria Kaufhof, a chain of department stores in Germany and Belgium. The Company is active in about 2,200 locations in 32 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. Its sales divisions are supported by cross-divisional service companies, offering procurement, logistics, information technology, real estate management and business solutions. On July 1, 2008, the Company sold its 245 Extra supermarkets to the Rewe Group.