GERMANY: Weather hits Metro Group Q4 sales
By just-food.com | 11 January 2011
Difficult weather conditions slowed Metro Group's sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 but the firm reiterated its full-year earnings forecast.
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Difficult weather conditions slowed Metro Group's sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 but the firm reiterated its full-year earnings forecast.
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