Metro Italy, leader in the wholesale food products, it will be at the Food Journalism Festival. Their meetings scheduled in the three days of the event are two. Marco Cosi, Head of Ultrafresh and Localism of Metro Italia, on Thursday 20 at 11,10 in Sala Madrid will participate in the panel «Italian food and wine tourism at the dawn of the twenties. How to promote our food and wine territories in the face of new international scenarios ». Milvia Panico, Head of Corporate Communication and Public Relations of Metro Italia, will speak on Friday 21 in the London room at 10 in a debate entitled «From doggy bag to food bag. The right to leftovers without shame ». We will talk about boxes for uneaten food as a tool to educate about the fight against waste.
Metro Italia, with a staff of approximately 4.100 employees, is present in Italy with 49 stores in 16 regions. The company boasts about 1.500.000 professional customers, with a specific focus on catering and hospitality professionals (Horeca), and 30.000 professional food and non-food products, as well as a significant presence of local products, an expression of food and wine excellence Italian. From the point of view of sales channels, Metro Italia offers its customers the possibility to choose in an integrated way between different purchase methods, according to specific needs: from delivery to cash and carry. In the 2018/2019 year it generated sales of 1,73 billion euros. But it is also inspiration and development, thanks to 5 professional kitchens, the METRO Academy, located in the stores of San Donato, Bologna, Rome Aurelia, Florence Le Cascine and Venice. These are spaces in which to confront professional chefs, through cooking and cocktail sessions, professional cooking courses, management and food marketing courses reserved for the Horeca world. Metro Academy is also the research and development center where a cross-functional team of experts creates and innovates Metro Chef brand products, designed by professionals for professionals.
