please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message makro type subsidiary industry cash and carry headquarters d sseldorf metro ag utrecht shv parent metro ag shv holdings website metro ag site shv site makro site makro in krak w poland makro in reading england makro in spain makro is an international brand of warehouse clubs also called cash and carries . originally a dutch based chain the first one opened in amsterdam in 1968 . in the following years more stores opened in the netherlands and in several other european countries and in 1971 south africa . 1 in the 1970s and 1980s makro extended its business to the americas and asia . makro had also expanded to the united states in the mid 1980s . in 1989 kmart bought the us locations 2 and converted most of them to pace warehouse in 1990 . in 1998 makro owner shv holdings sold the makro stores in europe to metro ag . makro stores are not open to the general public except in belgium and brazil non members not eligible for discounts but only to businesses which have to be registered members in order to gain entry to the store . citation needed contents 1 ownership 2 store locations 2.1 netherlands 2.2 thailand 2.3 united kingdom 3 product range 4 references ownership edit shv originated in 1896 from a merger between a number of large coal mining companies some of which had been active since the 18th century . in 1968 the first makro store opened in amsterdam . in 1971 the first makro store outside europe opened in south africa the south african stores were subsequently in 1990 exchanged for a shareholding in massmart and in 2004 shv sold its massmart shares . in 1998 all european makro stores were acquired by metro ag the german retail and wholesale giant . in 2010 makro cash & carry indonesia was sold to lotte mart and rebranded as lotte mart wholesale . in 2012 metro sold the makro uk business to booker group ; and makro habib in pakistan became metro habib . in 2013 shv sold siam makro pcl . thailand to cp all a subsidiary of cp group . in 2014 metro sold the makro greek business to sklavenitis . 3 store locations edit european stores can be found in the netherlands belgium poland the czech republic greece portugal spain and the united kingdom . stores have spread as far as south africa thailand and eastern asia colombia peru venezuela 4 argentina and brazil 76 stores across brazil . makro stores formerly existed in the united states bought by kmart in 1989 and converted into pace warehouses the following year china indonesia both bought by lotte mart and converted into such stores malaysia bought by tesco and the philippines bought by sm prime holdings and converted into sm hypermarket 14 makro branches and savemore market 1 makro branch in pakistan makro habib . netherlands edit makro netherlands operates 19 stores across the netherlands with seven of the stores also containing a fuel station . 5 makro netherlands is owned by the metro group . thailand edit siam makro public company limited was established in 1988 . at the end of 2014 there were 77 makro stores and five siam frozen food stores in operation serving a registered customer base of 2.6 million . 6 revenues for 2015 were 156 billion baht with a net profit of 5.4 billion baht . 7 siam makro shares are traded on the stock exchange of thailand set . 8 in 2013 siam makro was purchased by charoen pokphand group for us 6.6 billion . 9 united kingdom edit makro uk operates 30 branches across the united kingdom . 10 since 2012 makro uk has been owned by booker group 11 and 11 of the makro branches now operate as a combined booker makro . 12 product range edit makro sells food and non food products usually located in different sections of the store . each store also contains a hot food cafeteria and a cash machine . the food section always includes a fresh fish section a wine section fresh meat and butchery department and refrigerated aisles . the non food area includes clothing diy office supplies electricals computing and seasonals such as garden furniture . special offers are featured via a printed and online fortnightly brochure known as makro mail . the stores are not open to the general public but serve the following trades newsagent s shops and convenience stores . restaurants hotels and caterers . schools universities sport clubs and associations . customers can shop at makro with a membership card . makro uk used to have the tag line the uk s no. 1 discounter . this tag line was replaced with for professionals . makro has subsequently changed this to your business partner everyday sic . recent changes to the makro uk structure include the closure of three stores wolverhampton coventry and swansea . metro announced that the company has to be financially independent by 2011 and in 2012 makro uk was sold to the rival wholesaler booker group in a agreement valued at around 140 million . 13 references edit makro south africa history retrieved 9 october 2013 . http business.highbeam.com 4524 article 1g1 8242771 k mart absorbs makro boosts clout clubs germany s metro sells greek cash and carry ops . afp . december 2014 . retrieved 18 february 2015 . qui nes somos . makro comercializadora s.a. retrieved 30 may 2016 . makro netherlands store locations . retrieved 25 may 2015 . message from the chairman . makro . retrieved 27 april 2016 . financial highlight . makro . retrieved 27 april 2016 . message from the chairman and ceo . siam makro . siam makro . retrieved 8 november 2014 . http www.cpthailand.com news newsarticle tabid 68 articletype articleview articleid 1734 cp all preparing for the aec announces to acquire makro to be a new distribution channel for sme and agricultural products in asean.aspx about makro uk . retrieved 25 may 2015 . the grocer booker swoops to buy up beleaguered makro . retrieved 25 may 2015 . booker group 2014 5 final results . retrieved 25 may 2015 . the grocer booker swoops to buy up beleaguered makro . retrieved 25 may 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title makro & oldid 737099291 categories companies of germanywholesalers of the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from february 2015articles needing additional references from september 2007all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata 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