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[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Metro is B2B-only in Belgium, their B2C stores (Makro) no longer exist.

Think they're B2B in Germany as well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

My whole childhood was spent at the Makro, sad that it's gone

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Same in France

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Czechia, you need to legally be an entrepreneur/bussines to get the free Makro membership to shop there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, you need a VAT number.

It used to be like that in Makro as well, but people basically would use the data of some self-employed uncle to get cards for the entire family, so they dropped the VAT-restriction (but card was still mandatory)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Think theyโ€™re B2B in Germany as well.

You are correct