are featured via a printed and online fortnight 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 an agreement valued at around £140 million. References Charoen Pokphand 1968 establishments in the Netherlands Discount stores Dutch brands