November, 24, Metro Director and Star Farm President Hanspeter, president assistant Yang Mei, and business manager Zhao Haitao paid a visit to Tongwei Group, and received warm welcome from Tongwei Co., Ltd. president Yan Hu and food business unit manager Liu Zhiquan.

The guests paid a visit to Tongwei’s exhibition hall, and gave high credit for its exploration and contributions to the food domain. Metro expressed wish to establish corporation with Tongwei, so that Tongwei could utilize Metro’s advantageous sales channel to enter the world market.

‘METRO Cash & Carry is a leading international company in self-service wholesale and operates more than 650 outlets in 30 countries. With over 100,000 employees worldwide, the company achieved sales of € 67 billion in 2010. By generating almost 50 percent of the total sales, METRO Cash & Carry is the top-selling sales brand of the METRO Group. Assortment and service of METRO Cash & Carry’s unique business-to-business model are targeted only towards professional customers such as hotels and restaurants as well as small and mid-sized retailers or institutions. The company offers these special groups a high level of assortment competency both in food and nonfood as well as attractive wholesale prices. An efficient and internationally conferrable concept ensures success in entering new markets. Today the company generates over 80 percent of its sales outside of Germany.’