In the summer of 2016, Metro Group, present in Romania with 30 cash&carry stores, put Roland Ruffing in charge of its Romanian operations.
The LaDoiPasi store chain is not held by Metro Group, but by Metro’s Romanian franchise partners. Metro Cash & Carry is one of the leading players on the local commerce market, with sales of nearly EUR1 billion in 2017 and 30 stores under the cash & carry format, which targets resellers (small merchants) and companies in the HoReCa (hotel, restaurant and catering) industry, not end customers.
Metro Cash & Carry reported a turnover of over EUR1 billion in 2017, a slight increase compared with the previous year.