Celebrating One Year of METRO Re-usable Bags

METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam celebrates one year of launching the METRO re-usable bag environmental initiative together with customers and suppliers on November 27, 2008 at METRO Cash & Carry An Phu in district 2, Ho Chi Minh City. Simultaneously with a nationwide extra offer promotion and discount campaign which is from 27.11 to 10.12, the company exhibits one huge re-usable bag (10.6m high, 13.06m long and 5.45m wide) to create extra awareness and inspiration of the customers and suppliers about environment protection.

“The METRO re-usable bag environment protection program is highly evaluated by the community. The promotion campaign “XTRA” and the extra sized METRO re-usable shopping bag are to express that METRO cares about the environment.”, Laurent Levan, Operations Director of METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam stated in his opening speech during the celebration event.

 

METRO Cash & Carry was the first company in Vietnam to replace the check out disposable plastic bags with re-usable bags. The METRO re-usable bag was introduced to METRO’s customers the first time in September 2007 when the company developed the environment protection program “Together with customers we protect the environment”. From 1^st November 2007, all METRO’s customers used the METRO re-usable bags for purchasing at METRO Cash & Carry wholesale centres in Vietnam.