Today, the Mirage Hotel in Kazan hosted a Conference on cooperation of METRO Cash & Carry with the suppliers of Tatarstan.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov and Head of METRO AG Representative Office, Vice-President for Corporate Relations Aleksey Grigoriev made welcome remarks during the event.
METRO Cash & Carry has been holding conferences in various Russian regions on a regular basis for a number of years. The main purpose of the conference is to inform the local producers about the assortment policies of the company, quality standards, and strategic avenues of development.
The conference consisted of two parts. The first part is a presentation of METRO Cash & Carry’s current strategy and priorities as well as the company’s main ways of cooperation with producers; the second part is a purchasing session.
More than 50 companies, producers of goods from Tatarstan, took part in the event.
This conference provided a unique opportunity to exchange opinions on mutual cooperation, discuss cooperation problems, and find solutions to them.