On August 7, METRO Cash&Carry southern logistics center was opened in Aksai (Rostov region). That is a joint project of Metro Cash & Carry and logistics company STS Logistics.
This center allows local suppliers of fruits and vegetables to increase the supply of their products to METRO hypermarkets, and reduces time for transportation of products from the suppliers’ warehouses to hypermarkets.
South logistics center will consolidate orders and redistribute the products received from local suppliers to METRO Cash & Carry in the southern region of Russia.
«By the end of 2013, 75% of the fruits and vegetables in the hypermarkets METRO Cash&Carry in this region will be regional» – said Alexander Levchenko, Minister of Economic Development of the Rostov region.
Source: www.regnum.ru