METRO Group opened its third METRO SELECT store in Huadu District of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. It is the first business format that METRO created according to China’s sales conditions and it is the 50th location of the international retailer in the country.

The new METRO SELECT store provides over 8,200 kinds of products, with the proportion of food/non-food offerings standing at 3 to 1, and has local procurement for over 90% of its products. So far METRO Group has established three formats in China, including Cash & Carry store that serves member customers, METRO for HORECA store that serves restaurants and hotels and METRO SELECT store.