Supply chain
Let us introduce ourselves
Andrea Cappello
Supply Chain Development Corporate SCM METRO AG
Ralph Löffler
Global Customer Supply Chain Management Unilever
Metro Cash & Carry – a core brand of METRO GROUP
Self-service wholesale
Food retail
Nonfood specialty
Department stores
Sales (bn): € 31,2 Countries*: 30…. Stores*: 735
Sales (bn): € 11.2 Countries: 6 Stores: 426
Sales (bn): € 20.6 Countries: 17 Stores: 893
Sales (bn): Countries: Stores:
€ 3.5 2 140
Cross functional companies
METRO GROUP sales 2010: € 67 bn
* Status: March 31, 2012
A history of expansion
* Status: March 31, 2012
** FTE Status 2011, Source: Annual Report 2011
Metro Cash & Carry wholesale exclusively for professional customers
Up to 20,000 food and 30,000 nonfood products per store satisfying all core and complementary customer needs
Efficient store and merchandising concept designed for professional needs (warehouse style, onestop-shopping, just-intime purchase)
The customer picks his merchandise, pays and transports the goods on his own New distribution channel: delivery is offered in 30 countries
Big global brands
Top 20 brands = around 70% of Unilever’s sales*
* As at end 2010
Creating a better future every day…
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods. Our products are sold in over 180 countries and used by 2 billion consumers every day.
Our mission…
We work to create a better future every day. We help people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. We will inspire people to take small everyday actions that can add up to a big difference for the world. We will develop new ways of doing business with the aim of doubling the size of our company while reducing our environmental impact.
Our sustainable living plan will result in 3 significant