Culinary delights delivered by METRO

R Express - The delicatessen connoisseurs

The finest truffles, unique meat, fish and seafood specialities, exquisite patisserie and culinary delicacies with a rarity value. R Express is the German delicatessen specialist under the METRO umbrella. Based in Meckenheim, the company sources exquisite specialities for delivery to restaurants and hotels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 80 countries worldwide. Rungis express supplies more than 85 % of the 340 Michelin-starred restaurants in Germany. The supplier's company history began in 1978 at the Paris wholesale market, where selected specialities were purchased and brought to restaurateurs in Germany as quickly as possible. Today, the company has around 650 employees and more than 3 .500 professional customers from the HoReCa sector (hotels, restaurants, catering). It has been part of METRO since 2016.

Classic Fine Foods - The daring ones

Classic Fine Foods (CFF) also supplies more than 19,000 HoReCa customers in the UK, Asia and the United Arab Emirates at the highest culinary level. In addition, CFF exports from its sourcing platform in Rungis (France) to the Caribbean, the Maldives and the Seychelles. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Hong Kong, the company has more than 1,000 employees and has been part of the METRO family since 2015. In addition to exquisite delicacies, the supplier's portfolio also includes absolutely novel food. For example, plant-based meat and fish alternatives, which star chefs and upscale restaurants are increasingly integrating into their menus. In CFF's own "Taste Lab" in Singapore, CFF head chef Jose Luis Del Amo supports the fine food specialist's customers in creating new, delicious dishes with innovative products such as Tindle.

Pro à Pro - The generalists

With around 2.8 00 employees and over 3 0,000 customers, the French company Pro à Pro is the largest FSD specialist under the METRO umbrella - and the leading delivery company in France. With its focus on community catering for health, care and educational institutions as well as company canteens, Pro à Pro is more broadly positioned than the other FSD companies in the METRO family. Founded in 2001, the company, headquartered near Toulouse, was acquired by METRO in 2017. The company's strength is efficient logistics. 22 logistics warehouses are located throughout France, five of which are on the French islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Reunion and Mayotte.

Pro a Pro Spain - The island experts

"Keep cool" is the motto of Pro a Pro Spain, an expert in supplying hotels and restaurants on the Balearic and Canary Islands and the towns along the Spanish coast. Most of the products that Pro a Pro Spain delivers to its main customer group are frozen - a logistical feat, especially in the height of summer. The supplier joined METRO's portfolio in 2020, but can look back on a long and successful company history. Founded in 1988, more than 15 0 employees now work for the highly specialised FSD company and its approximately 4,000 professional customers.

Aviludo - The fresh meat specialists

From holiday region to holiday region, because the beaches of Portugal, home to the supply experts at Aviludo , which was founded in 1984, are also places of longing. The supplier to independent hotels and restaurants, institutions, wholesalers, butchers and retailers, which has been part of METRO since 2021, has been continuously expanding its network in the southern European country on the Atlantic for over three decades. The Portuguese market leader employs more than 900 employees and has nine branches from the south to the north of the country. branches from the south to the north of the country and reliably supplies more than 13,000 commercial customers with more than 3,500 products, including 2 own brands (ULI and BESTFOOD).

Johan i Hallen & Bergfalk - The Nordic protein suppliers

The Swedish delivery specialist for meat, fish and seafood Johan i Hallen & Bergfalk (JHB), which has been part of METRO since 2023, is a real catch. Founded in 1840, the Swedish company with around 400 employees supplies more than 5,000 commercial customers, including independent restaurants, HoReCa chains and premium grocery retailers with first-class meat and exquisite delicatessen and seafood products. JHB produces and stores its wide range of fresh proteins at a total of six production sites at production sites in the metropolitan regions of Sweden and Finland. To ensure the highest quality and maximum control over the entire process, the protein supplier processes half of its products in-house. JHB also stands for efficiency over the last mile: the supplier has a fleet of over 6 0 lorries that deliver the products fresh to the customer.