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“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,...

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,...

METRO has declared 2025 the 'Year of Own Brand'. Everyone in the company is now called upon to activate their superpowers to further increase the sales share of METRO Chef, Aro, Sigma and Co. Want to know what it takes? Then follow me into the world of METRO's own brands in our latest episode of MORE Podcast. Together with Jens Bresler, responsible for own brand management at METRO since 2022, we will give you an understanding of our own brand strategy to achieve our sCore goals. Jens reveals how they not only help to differentiate the company, but also strengthen...

Welcome back to MORE Podcast! After a short break, we are back with a very special episode: We take you to the METRO Leadership Summit 2024, where our top leaders discussed the current status and latest developments of our sCore strategy.
Experience our CEO Steffen Greubel reflecting on the past financial year and launching the ‘Year of the Own Brand’. Hear CFO Eric Riegger speak about our ambitious growth targets and the cost leadership that is needed to achieve them. And be inspired by COO Christiane Giesen and CCMO Guillaume Deruyter, who emphasise the importance of collaboration and team spirit...

Welcome back to MORE Podcast – Wholesale to the Max, the podcast where you can find out everything you need to know about the implementation of our sCore strategy. I'm really excited to be talking about our growth strategy again soon with our great colleagues – from both a professional and personal perspective.
New episodes will be dropping from mid-January, so make sure you're subscribed for exclusive insights from the latest Leadership Summit, updates on the 'Year of Own Brand', and many more interesting sCore topics.
Stay tuned for the next episodes and I'm really looking forward to getting started...

METRO's own brands are of crucial importance to us in achieving our sCore targets. For METRO's non-food assortment, they are set to become the growth driver par excellence. In this area, the sales share of our own brands is expected to grow to an incredible 70 percent by 2030! In the latest episode of MORE Podcast, I talk to Michael Ciesielski, Senior Vice President Non-food METRO AG and CEO of METRO Sourcing, about how we at METRO want to achieve this ambitious goal. He is convinced: "With our non-food assortment we differentiate ourselves from the competition for our customers". How...

MAKRO Poland has been on the market for a proud 30 years, reason enough to talk about it. In my interview with the CEO of MAKRO Poland, Dominik Branny, you can find out what market position our colleagues there have achieved during this time and, above all, what growth targets they have set themselves as part of our sCore strategy up to 2030. In addition to all the business topics, we also get to know Dominik personally. What is important to him in his job, but also in life? And of course, his Sound Souvenir should not be missing in...

Here's the latest dish from METRO's MORE Podcast kitchen! I'm serving you a great menu with everything your heart desires: fish, meat and fruit & vegetables - in other words, the Ultra-Fresh assortments at METRO and MAKRO. Join me and my guest, Emmanuel Langdorf, Vice President Global Ultra-Fresh Management at METRO AG, on a tour through the METRO wholesale store in Düsseldorf. And find out what impact changing customer behaviour and climate change have on our sourcing at METRO and how we still manage to keep product availability, quality and prices stable. Enjoy the new episode, everything is 100% home-made...

How do we convince our customers to purchase more and more often at METRO? In the latest edition of MORE Podcast, I talk to Gilles Babikian, Vice President Sales Excellence at METRO AG, about our sCore strategy and the development of our global sales organisation. He reveals how our multichannel approach gives our customers the choice via which channels they want to purchase our products and how we are transforming from a pure product supplier to a partnership-based solution provider.
You will also get to know Gilles personally and find out what Sound Souvenir he has brought us. Have fun...

Trust, understanding and knowing your partner's needs - that's what makes a good relationship. What counts in life naturally also applies to a stable business relationship. In this episode of MORE Podcast, I talk to Tino Hölters, Head of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) at METRO AG, about how METRO uses a variety of data to provide its customers with the best possible support. You can also find out how CRM is playing a key role in shaping the future of wholesale, as well as the challenges and exciting steps METRO still has ahead of it on the road to optimising...