📹Konstantin Zhuk, Quality Manager at Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine, is among the honorary tasters of the independent tasting competition Favorite Food & Drinks 2026.
🎤"For me, the competition is interesting as an opportunity to develop my sensory abilities. For us, blind tasting is part of our process when choosing our own brands. Therefore, this competition is interesting for us because we can find an interesting product based on the needs of our customers and possibly new suppliers," says the taster.
METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine @METRO UA entered the Ukrainian market in 2003. Currently, the company operates 21 classic METRO Cash & Carry wholesale centres in Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv, Lviv, Kryvyi Rih, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Chernivtsi, Mykolaiv, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zhytomyr; and 3 smart-format stores in Ternopil, Lutsk and Chernihiv.
For more than 17 years of operation in Ukraine, METRO Cash & Carry has invested more than EUR 600 million in the national economy. The sales volume of METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine for the 2019/2020 financial year (October 2019 - September 2020) amounted to EUR 754 million. "METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine is a part of METRO AG.

🍽️Найкраще - to the table!
🔎24-25 February 2026 - VIІI Favorite Food & Drinks together with II Food Industry Solutions, Kyiv
🏆24 March - Closed meeting of food retail leaders in the format: awards, mini-exhibition, conference, Kyiv
🧀 Register for tasting samples here https://forms.gle/6xWS5Ca5WFWWTk447
🍴Candidates for tasters can register here
https://forms.gle/UsZgecRVDx4QefjY8
📲The recommended deadline for applications is 10 February 2026