Reliance Retail opens thirty Metro stores in Q1, total count crosses 200

The country's leading retailer Reliance Retail has added 30 new stores of Metro in the June quarter, taking the total count of the Cash & Carry outlets to over 200. Reliance Retail had acquired the Indian operations of German firm Metro AG's wholesale operations in December 2022 in a Rs 2,850-crore deal. At the time of acquisition, Metro was operating 31 large formats located in prime locations across key cities. "Grocery New Commerce business continued to expand its kirana partner base as Metro format scaled with 30 new store openings taking the count to over 200 stores with presence across 180+ cities," according to the earnings statement from Reliance Industries. Metro stores come under the grocery division of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), which delivered another quarter of "steady growth", led by expansion in Tier-2 and beyond cities.