German cash&carry market opens 18 stores in Turkey

ANTALYA (A.A) - 16.02.2011 - Metro Cash&Carry has opened 18 stores in 11 provinces of Turkey, a company executive said on Wednesday.
Metro Cash&Carry Turkey's Marketing Director Ayla Ceylan said that Metro had inaugurated 18 stores in 11 provinces in Turkey.
"Metro is planning to open more stores in Turkey, particularly a new Metro store in the Mediterranean province of Antalya," Ceylan told reporters. 
Ceylan said Metro had one million registered customers, and 650,000 active customers, and the company was selling 40,000 products in its stores.
"We are selling 1,300 Metro-brand food products and 1,070 non-food products as well as local products," Ceylan said.
Ceylan also said Metro was selling Turkish textile products and canned food in other countries.
Founded in 1964 in Germany, Metro Cash&Carry is the leading international player in self-service wholesale: customer-focused, international and innovative. 
Metro Cash&Carry is active in 30 countries by the end of 2010, and its total sales were around 30.6 billion Euro by the end of 2009.