In episode 20 of our View of the Day METRO CEO Olaf Koch summarizes how we at METRO help our customers to get their business restarted and expresses his gratitude to all #METROheroes.

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In the 19th episode of the View of the Day you will get to know a country which was recently turned around from ailing sales and EBITDA to positive contributions with a steady positive outlook. Thanks to flexible adjustments and creative ideas they also managed to get on a good track during COVID-times. Enjoy the conversation of METRO COO Eric Poirier with Olivier Langlet, CEO of Makro Czech Republic.

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In today's episode of “View of the Day”, METRO CHRO Andrea Euenheim talks to Taeko Ohya, CEO of METRO Japan. She gives very impressive insights into how the team in Japan has managed the business with great flexibility while focusing on the support of our customers in restaurants, hotels, and even cruise ships – without a single case of COVID infection at METRO Japan.

You will also learn about the special challenges the new digital communication poses on our team in Japan and what important role emojis play in this … Enjoy listening!

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The unexpected tax back payment, the pre-financing of an event or the broken coffee machine: there are many reasons why restaurateurs may lack liquidity for a short time. One possibility to quickly and easily bridge a sudden financial bottleneck is GastroFinanz. I spoke with Michael Zyber, responsible for GastroFinanz at METRO AG, about the new service offered by METRO.

Learn more on www.metro.de/gastro-finanz

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In episode 17 of our View of the Day METRO COO Rafael Gasset is talking to Martin Schumacher, CEO METRO Russia who is managing together with his team the transformation of the Russia business with very promising Sales and EBITDA contributions to the group bottom line.

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COVID-19 restrictions keep easing in most of our METRO countries enabling our customers to further ramp-up their business activities. Besides the importance of the Hospitality sector for Store and FSD sales, COVID-19 also has quite an impact on our company as a Real Estate Owner. METRO owns more than 50% of our stores and operates a significant number of shopping centers. The lockdown, we’ve experienced in most countries, has among others also led to a (partial) closure of our shopping centers.

In today’s session METRO CFO Christian Baier asked Jean-Christophe Bretxa, CEO of METRO Properties and Juergen Schwarze, CFO of METRO Properties to share with us how COVID-19 has impacted METRO in our role as both tenant and landlord, how the Real Estate Market has changed during the crisis and how we prepare for the market to pick-up again.

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In today’s episode METRO's COO Eric Poirier is talking to Tanya Kopps, CEO of METRO Italy. She will share first hand how our customers in Italy went through the crises and which special ingredients the Italian teams discovered to support our customers.

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For once, this episode of MORE Podcast is in German: The time has come: restaurants, pubs and beer gardens can finally welcome guests again after the Corona-related lockdown. But after the long-awaited restart of the gastronomy sector in Germany, the industry is only slowly regaining momentum. In our latest episode of the MORE Podcast, we talk to two of METRO Germany's gastronomy consultants, Götz Braake and Karl Romboy, about how restaurateurs experienced and survived the weeks-long closure of their establishments.

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Es ist soweit: Restaurants, Gaststätten und Biergärten können nach dem Corona-bedingten Lockdown endlich wieder Gäste begrüßen. Doch nach dem lang ersehnten Neustart der Gastronomie in Deutschland kommt die Branche nur langsam wieder in Schwung. Wie die Gastronomen die wochenlange Schließung ihrer Lokale erlebt und überlebt haben, darüber sprechen wir in unserer aktuellen Folge des MORE Podcast mit zwei der Gastro-Berater von METRO Deutschland, Götz Braake und Karl Romboy.

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In today’s session, we learn about how one of our successful FSD teams has experienced the crisis and has gone above and beyond to support not only our customers in the public sector in France but also helped a little village in the mountains of La Réunion with sufficient supply to get through the most critical phase of lockdown.

CHRO Andrea Euenheim asked Guillaume Deruyter, currently CEO of Pro à Pro and newly appointed Operating Partner for FSD, Spain and Portugal, to share examples of his team’s remarkable customer passion and energy to boost Pro à Pro’s services going forward. Guillaume also shares a great perspective on the importance of togetherness and why a crisis always offers an opportunity for growth.

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Today’s session is about change. We are observing clear trend improvement in those countries in which #restartGastro has become real. Our sales are recovering, and we make good progress in supporting our customers to restart successfully. Change was also required in our Asian operations. In today’s session CEO Olaf Koch talks with Miles Graham the Operating Partner for this region about the impact of COVID-19 on our business in India, Pakistan, Myanmar and our joint venture with Wumei in China.

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