MORE Podcast - METRO Wholesale to the Max

MORE Podcast provides all you need to know about sCore, METRO's growth strategy. Under the motto "Wholesale to the max", METRO wants to get the best, the maximum for itself and for its customers. We meet METRO colleagues who tell us their personal sCore stories. We talk to them about the most important topics of the new strategy - not only from their professional but also from their personal perspective.

MORE Podcast - METRO Wholesale to the Max

Latest episodes

"TOM makes us more effective, faster and more transparent"

30m 34s

In the second part of our double episode of our MORE Podcast, I talk to Matthias Bühler, METRO's Customer & Sales Officer, about the introduction of the Target Operating Model (TOM) and the advantages of merging business and IT. He believes that real transformation can only be achieved through collaboration between people. We also explore how a standardised CRM tool could improve processes in the sales organisation and which routine tasks could be taken over by AI in the future.

"Partnership agreements ensure profitable customer relationships"

31m 32s

For many restaurateurs and traders, METRO is a reliable partner for a successful business. The basis for a sustainably profitable relationship for both sides is fair prices and mutual benefits. In the first episode of our two-part series with Matthias Bühler, Customer & Sales Officer at METRO, you will learn how we standardise our pricing processes and achieve true price leadership with data-driven analysis. Matthias also explains how we ensure profitability ‘by design’ with individual partnership agreements with our customers.

"DISH customers create 10 per cent more value for METRO"

35m 10s

“Sorry, no card payments accepted!” That's a sign that no restaurant guest is ever happy to see. In this episode, we reveal how the stress of paying with cash when visiting a restaurant could finally come to an end. In my very insightful conversation with Volker Gläser, CEO of METRO subsidiary DISH Digital Solutions, we discuss, among other things, the new DISH Pay Now. The mobile card reader offers restaurant guests and, above all, restaurateurs and traders a simple and cost-efficient solution for cashless payments.
How digital innovations are revolutionising the restaurant industry and making it fit for the future,...

"There is great potential for growth in our FSD companies"

36m 17s

The METRO's highway to growth is called Food Service Distribution (FSD). In the past financial year, we have already stepped on the gas here and increased our delivery sales to almost €8 billion – that is already more than a quarter of METRO's total sales. But what is behind this success? In addition to METRO's own delivery service, specialised delivery services play a decisive role. These culinary experts serve specific customer segments – from fine dining to large-scale gastronomy – and are also on a growth path.
In our new episode of our MORE Podcast, I talk to Julius Osthues,...