Metro France, a leading supplier to the foodservice sector and independent traders, said it has acquired a 25 percent stake in Cherbourg-based seafood processor Filpromer.

The companies have worked together under a loose arrangement since 2004.

Metro is keen to develop the hospitality side of its business, an area which Filpromer's processing facilities are geared towards.

The foodservice sector has taken a pumelling since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, not least in France.