German retailer Metro Group has today (10 February) confirmed that it plans to open some 50 cash and carry stores in India over the next four years.

A company spokesperson told just-food that it will work to open the 50 stores by 2015, building on its current footprint of six stores.

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The country looks set to become an increasingly important one for the operator as it also announced plans to move its accounting functions to shared-service centres in India, Poland and Germany.

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