Romanian FMCG Retail – For all our readers abroad, these are the most important news from Romanian FMCG Retail Market and FMCG industry, in October 2024, provided by retail-fmcg.ro, the most read B2B online publication, in Romania, from retail & FMCG niche.
EXPO PET 2025 – Food & Accessories, the second edition of the B2B exhibition with pet food and accessories in Romania, which will take place on the 19th – 20th of February 2025 at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest – ROMANIA, announced the first partners and exhibitors.
If you are a pet food and accessories producer or importer, book a stand here: www.expo-petfood.com/expozanti/
Personalized offers for partners at contact@expo-petfood.com or tel. +40720120456
Publicația ElectroRetail.ro lansează EXPO ELECTRO 2025 – Home Appliances & Electronics – prima expoziție B2B din România cu produse din categoriile electrocasnice și electronice pentru casă, care se va desfășura în paralel cu EXPO DIY 2025 – Smart Green Home, dar într-o zonă dedicată, în perioada 25 – 26 iunie 2025, la Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie POLITEHNICA București.
O ofertă early bird pentru EXPO ELECTRO 2025, cu 10% discount la achiziția de standuri sau de pachete de partener, este disponibilă, cu valabilitate până la data de 15 noiembrie 2024
Rezervă un stand aici: www.expo-electro.com/expozanti sau achiziționează un pachet de partener!
Mai multe detalii și oferte personalizate pentru parteneri la contact@expo-electro.com sau tel. 0720.120.456
Retail – Lidl
Lidl continued the investment in the local market by opening a new store in Beius, Bihor district, and a new store in Timisoara.
Lidl Romania launched a big awareness campaign for Romanians to discourage one of the main causes of food waste: the behavior to shop a product even if we already have it.
Retail – Auchan
On the 3rd of October, Auchan Bradu hypermarket from Pitesti reopened for its clients with a new, modern design, with extended and specialized services and ranges, structured as food and non-food specialist universes.
Auchan opened the first franchise store Simply by Auchan from Teleorman, reaching three units at the national level.
18 years after opening the first store – Auchan Titan, the retailer developed a multi-format network having now over 440 stores at the national level, such as Auchan, ATAC, MyAuchan, and Simply that serve daily over 350.000 clients.
Auchan Romania published the fourth Sustainability Report of the company, an annual transparency approach about the activities and initiatives of the company in the last year.
Retail – Mega Image
The Competition Council announced on the 9th of October 2024 that puts on public debate the commitments proposed by Delhaize „The Lion” Nederland B.V.m the operator of Mega Image, to address identified competitive concerns on the products acquiring market from suppliers, in the context of the acquisition of Profi Rom Food.
Mega Image defined the commitments that will assure a good functioning of the market, rather the Competition Council will approve the economic concentration resulting from the acquirement from Ahold Delhaize of Profi Rom Food, the company that operates the Profi store network in Romania.
The Competition Council puts on public debate the second set of commitments proposed by Delhaize „The Lion” Nederland B.V. (Mega Image) to address identified competitive concerns in the FMCG commerce market. Also, Mega Image announced that it defined and proposed to the Competition Council a series of structural commitments about the FMCG selling market.
Retail – PENNY
PENNY Romania continued its expansion and announced the opening of the 383rd store in Cluj-Napoca.
Retail – Kaufland
Kaufland Romania expanded its presence at the national level and opened a third store in Pitesti and a new store in Suceava, reaching 183 hypermarkets in Romania.
Retail – Profi
Via-Profi.ro platform, launched by Profi a year ago, received the most important recognition for community development in Romania.
Profi, the retailer that owns the biggest national coverage network and the most stores in Romania, opened 8 stores in October 2024.
Profi demonstrated its commitment to supporting the small local producers in Romania, through its innovating platform Via Profi, for which it received three important awards.
Retail – Carrefour
Carrefour Romania launched the second chapter of the Act for Food program, which supports the access of clients at the best food products at the correct prices.
Carrefour Romania finished the integration process of Lujerului hypermarket from Bucharest, in the Supernova commercial center from Iuliu Maniu Boulevard no 19.
The cooperatives that are part of the Gradina Noastra program delivered in Carrefour stores over 60 million units of fruits and vegetables, between the years 2023-2024.
Retail – other retailers
The retail and logistics sector continued to develop in 2024, with a cumulated surface of 728.500 sqm that represents the newly added stock this year, according to the conclusions of OMNICHANNEL CONFERENCE, an event organized in Bucharest.
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consulting company was named the exclusive agent to realize and implement the renting strategy of Junbo Center in Bucharest, a modern destination of retail for the entire family, partially owned by the toys and home products retailer, Jumbo.
Events for retail
On the 25th and 26th of September 2024, the business publication retail-FMCG.ro organized EXPO RETAIL 2024 – Digital, Green & Tech, the third edition of the professional fair dedicated to technology, equipment, and services for retail, eCommerce, and FMCG industry, that took place at Polytechnic National University of Science and Technology from Bucharest. Here are the main conclusions after the event, some numbers about the participants, the video store, and many images.
Save the date 24th – 25th of September 2025! We’ll announce very soon one new edition!
More details about the 2025 edition at contact@expo-retail.com or tel. +40720.120.456
FMCG
Henkel launched the new product Persil 4in1 Discs Expert Stains Removal, which offers deeper cleaning of clothes. Also, the producer celebrated 30 years on the Romanian market by launching a special campaign that will last until the 15th of November 2024.
For 130 years, for Purina, pet food has been at the center of what it does, but it is not all it does and boosts its commitment to pets, to people who love pets, and to the earth.
Tetra Prisma Aseptic range from Tetra Pak offers functional and eco-friendly packages, ideal for quick and healthy consumption.
Bergenbier S.A., part of Molson Coors Beverage Company, published the fifth edition of the sustainability report, that follows the actions and results in 2023.
Bergenbier S.A. consolidated its commitment to social responsibility and moderation in alcohol consumption and launched the project #TraiesteResponsabil.
FoodService
Hesburger, the biggest fast-food network in Finland and one of the most known in Europe, opened a new restaurant in AFI Cotroceni, after an investment of 500.000 euros.
Burger King continued its expansion plan in Romania and opened the first restaurant in Ploiesti, in AFI Ploiesti commercial center, the second restaurant in Pitesti, in Pitesti Shopping Park, the first restaurant in Oradea in Lotus Center, and a new restaurant in VIVO! Baia Mare..
5 to go Romanian brand, that recently passed the milestone of 600 opened locations, reached the 7th place in the European top of cafe chains, according to the ranking published by Food Service, Europe & Middle East for 2023.
Sphera Franchise Group, the biggest food service operator in Romania, expanded its portfolio with Cioccolatitaliani Italian franchise, part of Gioia Group.
Tazz, one of the most important delivery platforms in Romania, part of eMAG group, signed an agreement for the acquisition of its social parts by Wolt, a local selling platform from Finland with operations in 28 countries.
Popeyes opened a new restaurant in Brasov, being the fifth city in Romania where it is present.
Premier Restaurants Romania, the operator of the McDonald’s restaurants network in Romania, opened the first McDonald’s Drive-Thru in Giurgiu.
E-commerce
Bringo, the first brand that brought a shopping delivery service in Romania, and Carrefour Romania announced a new innovative function: the collection of packages that have a guarantee from the Guarantee-Returning System at the orders placed in Carrefour hypermarkets.
According to a survey made by Glovo, 92% of the partner companies (restaurants and retailers) have registered significant increases in the average monthly volume of sales from the beginning of the collaboration with Glovo Romania.
Sezamo online supermarket celebrated two years after its official launching in Romania, meanwhile increasing by over 150% to the last year.
Freshful celebrated three years since launching in Romania.
With the occasion of International Pasta Day, the most recent analysis made by Glovo showed that Romania occupies the first place in Southern-Eastern Europe at pasta consumption, with an average of over 130 ordered portions each hour.
EcoBioGreen
RetuRO, the administrator of the Guarrantee-Returning System, the biggest circular economy project in Romania, announced the record results at 10 months after the implementation.
People
PepsiCo, one of the leaders of the food products and beverages industry, announced two promotions in its management team for the Eastern Europe region. Also, the producer named Razvan Lungu as the Chief Financial Officer for Eastern Balkans.
The multinational food group Sigma named Giampaolo Manzonetto as General Manager of Caroli Foods Group.
Services
Cargus, one of the main courier companies in Romania, expanded its portfolio by launching an international service, permitting its clients to send packages from Romania to external destinations, like Bulgaria and Greece, as a first step.
Blindspot and POS Media Romania signed an exclusive partnership to offer brands a complete communication solution in retail marketing.
SAMEDAY, one of the biggest players in the courier market in Romania, announced that, in the first year, SAMEDAY APP, the mobile app that manages the packages, registered 2 million downloads, becoming the most used courier app in the country. The company estimates an increase of over 40% in the number of packages that will be delivered for Black Friday, at the regional level, than last year, supported by the continuous investment in the expansion of the easybox network and the increase of the operational capacity.
CTP, the biggest developer, owner, and administrator of industrial and logistics spaces in Europe, consolidated the strategic partnership with FAN Courier by renting a surface of 4500 sqm in CTPark Deva.
FM Logistic celebrated a key moment in its history, at a ceremony that highlighted its trip from the past to the future.
The awards and personalized promotional gifts are essential methods through which brands can attract and keep customers loyal, according to Update Advertising.
Analysis
In September 2024, grocery retail in Romania opened 20 stores, with this number being just the stores opened and officially released by the retailers.
The total income of the companies in Romania increased by 6.5 times in the last 15 years, from 400 billion lei in 2008 to over 2600 billion lei in 2023, according to the study „Entrepreneur Profile 2024” made for ING Bank Romania by Datable and Impact Hub Bucharest, with Startarium support.
Studies
A recent survey made by Bonapp (bonapp.eco), the first Romanian app meant to fight food waste, on the occasion of the International Day of Food Waste Awareness (29th of September), showed that 90% of the 350.000 users became more aware of this problem and almost half of them took active measures to organize better the waste in its households.
Other events
For all the creatives that aspire to global performances and a unique study experience and competition at Cannes Lions, the most influential creative festival at the global level, #TheAlternativeSchool, along with Raiffeisen Bank Romania, the supporter of the Young Lions Digital 2025 competition, announced the #SmartMobile grants.
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