Pécs residents can look forward to the opening of METRO

With the refurbishment of its store in Pécs, the renovation of the METRO chain's Hungarian units, which has been ongoing since 2022, is nearing completion. On 21 March, the METRO in Pécs was handed over to customers in a ceremony.
The supermarket chain has renewed almost all of its outlets over the past two years with the introduction of the new multi-channel wholesale model. The pillars of this model are: in-store sales, digital services and delivery. Pécs is the eleventh of the 13 METRO stores in Hungary to be completed, leaving only the modernisation of the Debrecen and Kecskemét stores to be completed.

The renovations were carried out at night

László Mikolicz, store and attraction area director, said at the opening ceremony that the Pécs store opened in 1995 and is less than a year younger than the oldest METRO store in Budaörs. METRO started as a wholesaler 30 years ago and is now returning to those roots.

The work that has been going on for the past few weeks has not caused a single minute of disruption to the store's work, as it has been carried out at an accelerated pace, at night - serving customers continuously.

The deputy mayor of Pécs, Lajos Nyőgéri welcomed the renovation of the store, saying that it shows that the company has long-term plans for the city, thus developing the economy of Pécs and its surrounding area.

Renovations also serve energy-efficient operation

Wholesale in stores (Cash & Carry) has now been expanded with two other channels, delivery and digital. These changes have been implemented taking into account the latter and customer habits. In particular, the area of the customer area has been increased to accommodate the departments with the highest turnover. The changes were aimed at improving the efficiency of the store service by shortening the customer routes and creating wider aisles in the sales area. In parallel with the METRO store refurbishment, investments in building modernisation and energy efficiency were also made.