Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (stylized as METRO Retail Stores Group Inc., shortly known as Metro Retail or Metro) is a retail company based in

Mandaue Mandaue (), officially the City of Mandaue ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Mandaue; fil, Lungsod ng Mandaue), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 364,116 ...

, Philippines. According to a 2014 report by

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, Metro is the largest operator of department stores and hypermarkets in the Visayas region, as well as the second largest supermarket operator according to retail sales value.

History

In the 1970s, Modesta Gaisano established White Gold Department Store in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines and capital of the Cebu Province. Acc ...

. After her death in 1981, her five sons - David, Stephen, Henry, Victor and John, pursued their respective business interests by operating their respective retail operations. Victor Gaisano and his wife, Sally, founded the Metro Retail Stores Group in 1982 with the establishment of the Metro Gaisano Department Store and Supermarket. The group expanded to major cities outside Cebu by opening stores in key cities in Central, Western and Eastern Visayas, as well as in

Central Luzon Central Luzon ( pam, (Reyun ning) Kalibudtarang Luzon, pag, (Rehiyon na) Pegley na Luzon, tgl, (Rehiyon ng) Gitnang Luzon, ilo, (Rehion/Deppaar ti) Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...

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and South Luzon. The company's expansion in Metro Manila, in particular, was marked by the opening of the

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mall in the early 2000s. Metro Retail Stores Group made its debut at the

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in November 25, 2015.

Ancillary businesses

References

External links

Metro Retail Stores Group Inc website

Metro Department Store Microsite

Metro Supermarket Microsite

Super Metro Microsite
{{Supermarkets of the Philippines Retail companies of the Philippines Companies based in Mandaue Supermarkets of the Philippines Department stores of the Philippines Retail companies established in 1982 Companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange Philippine companies established in 1982