Metro still on a roll

The German wholesaler broke ground for its new centre in Khanh Hoa province’s Nha Trang city on July 8, looking to raise its total number of B2B wholesale centres in Vietnam to 15 when finished late this year.

With a total sales area of over 5,600 square metres and a product range of over 25,000 food and non-food items, Metro Nha Trang will serve the businesses in the central south coastal regions and in the Central Highlands.

The new centre, located on an area of over two hectares in the Vo Canh commune of Vinh Trung sub-district, will target business customers such as hotels, restaurants, caterers, traders, offices, and service companies besides creating new jobs and increasing tax revenue for the locality.

Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam managing director Randy Guttery, said:  “We have increased our investment over the country to get closer to our business customers as well as benefiting and assisting local businesses to grow.”

He added that “Nha Trang city and Khanh Hoa province in general are among our focal markets in the central south coastal region. The continuously growing tourism and marine economy of these regions bring us great opportunity.”

As one of the tourism hubs of Vietnam, Khanh Hoa has also seen a large number of investment projects in marine industry such as Van Phong International container-transit port, the Van Phong petro-service industrial zone, the Van Phong petrochemical complex and the Van Phong thermo-electricity centre.

Metro Cash & Carry opened its first cash and carry wholesale centre in Vietnam in 2002. Today the company is operating thirteen wholesale centres in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Haiphong, Danang, Can Tho, Bien Hoa-Dong Nai, Long Xuyen-An Giang, Quy Nhon-Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, and Vung Tau and two distribution platforms in Binh Duong and Lam Dong. The Metro centre in Quang Ninh province is under construction and will go online within this year.