METRO MARKETS Opens New Warehouse, METRO MARKETS this is one of fast growing e-commerce division of METRO AG opened another warehouse called as the new and advanced warehouse in Azuqueca de Henares, Spain. As part of a bigger plan to improve the online operations in Spain, Portugal and the Balearic Islands, this expansion is one of its measures to achieve its goal. MAKRO is a subsidiary of METRO and the leader for the Spanish market in terms of wholesale supplies for hotels, restaurants, and catering services (the HoReCa sector).
When compared to its old facility, the new site is a giant leap from the old one having more than 19000 square meters of storage facility. It now carries up to about 3,600 non-food products that are mainly under METRO’S private labels. These range from professional kitchen equipment to furniture, catering equipment, cleaning materials and packaging material.
Bigger, Smarter, And Faster
This warehouse not only is a larger one, but it’s smarter too. METRO MARKETS has installed a unique system of warehouse allocation in the facility. This tech-driven system provides over the lot control over all the logistics processes and can be changed to address particular order needs. It also contains mobile packing stations and semi-automatic strapping machines and which are, therefore, able to make daily operations easier and more ergonomic for the staff.
Due to its location in Azuqueca de Henares near a city of Madrid, deliveries to the customers on the mainland Spain, the Baleares Islands and in the country of Portugal now take much less time. Depending on the nature of order, standard items can be delivered within 24 hours while bigger goods or out of the way orders need 48 hours to get delivery.
Such speed is important for HoReCa businesses because many of them tend to use just in time supply to be fully stocked and running.
Supporting METRO’s Digital Future
Opening of this warehouse is one step among a number of METRO’s further transformation strategies – sCore that involves creating a multichannel model which is tuned for the needs of the customers in the hospitality sphere. One of the main supporting pillars of this strategy is digitalization of services that METRO manages to accomplish vying for its B2B online platform METRO MARKETS.
METRO MARKETS is currently operating in six core countries in Europe – Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, which make about 60% of METRO’s HoReCa market potential. The platform generated almost 50% more revenue in the last year, the outright indication of high appetite for digital offerings.
The market now has 1.3 million special products from 2,400 active partners which makes it one of the biggest e-commerce platforms for the non-food products for HoReCa professionals in Europe.
MAKRO Customers Benefit Directly
The expansion will mean direct and plain advantages for MAKRO’s customers in Spain and Portugal. More rapid deliveries, more favorable stock availability and wider product range mean that their operations in the day-to-day business are facilitated and become more trustworthy.
The warehouse is also put in a way that allows for future expansion. As METRO MARKETS expands its product range and rises in numbers of its customers, the facility will have the capacity to expand accordingly to cater for the demands put on it.
Conclusion
This new warehouse’s opening is a milestone for METRO on the way to becoming a digitalized wholesaler that pays a huge amount of attention to the needs of their customers in a HoReCa industry. Bringing smart logistics and modern tech and strategic location advantages together, METRO MARKETS is setting new standards in the online wholesale in Spain, and elsewhere.
