Consortium including X+Bricks beefs up offer for Metro's Real hypermarkets
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A consortium seeking to buy German wholesaler Metro's Real chain has beefed up its offer for the hypermarkets, property investor X+Bricks, one of the bidders in the group, said on Thursday. Once a sprawling retail conglomerate, Metro has in recent years been restructuring to focus on its core cash-and-carry business, selling off the Kaufhof department stores and then splitting from consumer electronics group Ceconomy .The consortium offered Metro total cash..