Name (Chinese): 麦德龙现购自运有限公司 Address (Chinese): 西岗区海防街59号 Address (Pinyin): 59 Haifang Jie District: Xigang Directions: Around Xianglujiao tramway station Telephone Number: 8432-8888 Webpage or Email Contact Details: http://www.metro.com.cn
You can reach to METRO by following bus,
1、7、19、18、303、407、409、408、705、707、710、713
Self driver; drive forward to Xianglujiao shipside
Open:6:00 am--22:00 pm (Monday--Sunday)
Place: Metro Store Entrance
The METRO Cash & Carry stores operated under the METRO and Makro (only in Europe) brand names; METRO Group is the world market leader in the Cash & Carry wholesale business. METRO Cash & Carry is an important growth the METRO Group. With its presence in 28 countries, this sales division also shows the highest degree of internationality. Worldwide 77000 people worked for METRO Cash & Carry in 2004.? METRO rank 42 in 2005 Fortune top 500 companies. Metro group contains Metro C&C, Makro, Real/Extra Food Retail, Media Market and Saturn，Praktiker Non-food Retail, Galleria Kaufhof. Till now, Metro has opened 34 stores in China, over 7000 employees and more than 2.6 million professional customers.
Metro Dalian Xigang store contained more than 20,000 articles including fish, meat, vegetable, fruit, general food, detergent, confectionary, wine, frozen, food, office, articles, home electricity, household, tools, clothes, sports equipments and so on.? Metro exclusive articles are 1300 own-brand articles, over 500 wines and more than 2000 imported articles (Norway Salmon, French oyster, cheese included) ?For the?sake?of security,children under 1.2m are prohibited from enter store.
Required Certificates for Metro Member Cards,
1、Necessary Certificate：
a. Copy of your business license / organization code certificate (original)
b. ID of legal representative (original)
c. ID of card holder (original)
d. Introduction letter (original)
2、Each license can apply one card number. Metro member must obey member-s regulation. Metro remains the right to annul member-s qualification.
3、Five deputized purchaser can hold one card number, particular cardholder number accord to register capital.
For expatriate who wants to apply for METRO member card please contact person below for detail requirement
You don't need a metro-card for shopping. Just go to the counter at the entrance and say you need a 1-day-permit and they will give you a piece of paper. Don't need to give you name, passport, nothing - just hand that piece of paper over when you pay for your shopping...
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Good place for those hard to find items, Thursday, 14 June 2007
Once you get in the door, the hard part is over. I must have hit a lucky day as they simply asked for my passport, snapped a photo, and I was shopping less than 5 minutes later. That was about a month ago. It is a good idea to have a letter from your company ready to go, but don't show it unless they ask.
Inside, you'll find a very good selection of various foods you will unlikely find in other stores, plus Metro brings it all together, so you do not have to run to 2 or 3 different markets to pick up a couple of items at each. They import A LOT of foreign products, so this is your best bet to find ingredients or particular items necessary to make an authentic dish from back home. In general, I shop at other stores closer to home for convienance and price as Metro can be a little on the high side when compared to other stores, but they make up for it in availability.
I would recommend spending half a day just exploring the store to see what products they stock, and get an idea what you can get there that you haven't seen anywhere else, then make it a monthly errand to get those hard to find items at Metro and stick to the local markets for the everyday needs.
Metro is one of those places that both excites and disappoints!
The trip there is an adventure for most westerners. It is located by the first stop on the light railway to the boon-docks (aka Development Zone). So you need to go to the light railway station at the back of the main railway station to get on the train. If travelling by bus - well that is an adventure in itself. The 705 is the number to take. BUT be warned, there are two terminii and if you get on the wrong one then you have quite a walk to get on the right one after being thrown off!. I always ask the driver AND show my Metro card. The terminus of the 705 is right by the railway station. Cross over the pathways and road and there is the entrance.
Getting in is no problem IF you have a card - just wipe it on the screen. But as a first time, you consult your stars. If it is a lucky day: with your passport they will take your photo with their crappy camera and issue you with the magic card. On a bad day, they will demand a written introduction from your "company", so see your FAO before you go.
All this is because Metro is NOT a supermarket, it is a wholesale supermarket, the same as back home. You are supposed to buy for your shops and in bulk. Going as a private person is a privilige - but the Chinese love money so they will let you in (usually!).
Once in, it is like Aladdin's cave - you never know what you may find. OR may NOT find! Cheeses (both hard and soft); wines (including half prices bargains); teas including Twinings) and coffees; and Italian food, are the best in Dalian. Many prosciutto, pasta sauces and little extras. When I was last there there were 3 different kinds of balsamic vinegar.
The down side is that most of the western food is expensive and the canned food is limited.
And then there is a wide range of electrical goods, including espresso coffee machines for your (un)ground coffee.
Clothes and household goods by the rack full.
So I go about once a month (I don't eat all that much!) and take a wad of cash with me. A Western credit card can cause difficulties. There is a taxi available to whisk you home or a walk back to the bus/railway station. There may be a free-ride Metro bus but I haven't found one yet.
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Good Imported Food Selection, Friday, 16 March 2007
Metro is just one of those places we go every week. They have a good selection of imported dry goods, fruit, veg, herbs and spices - and Dalian's best selection of cheese (although one must be careful to check the expiration date).
The only down side, they recently decided not to allow children.
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