Sales up, earnings down at Metro

Grocer Metro inc. posted Q3 earnings of $296.2 million, down from $346.7 million a year earlier. On a per-share basis, profits came to $1.31, compared to $1.49 in Q3 of fiscal 2023. Sales for the quarter rose by 3.5 percent to $6.65 billion, from $6.43 billion. Same-stores sales of food grew by 2.4 percent.