14 dec 2016

Ursus Breweries, the leader of the beer market in Romania, will be acquired by Japan’s Asahi group in a EUR7.3 billion deal including all the Eastern European assets of SABMiller. more

9 dec 2016

Five whisky brands sold 2.7 million liters last year, or 67% of total sales of whisky in Romania, according to a ZF analysis based on the data of research company IWSR. more

7 dec 2016

Eurest, the local subsidiary of UK’s food service group Compass, has reached 1,000 employees in Romania and expects about 83 million lei (EUR19 million) revenue in 2016, an increase of 5% on 2015. more

7 dec 2016

Ziarul Financiar begins the 2016 year-in-review series of the ten most important events on key markets in Romania’s economy with the 40 billion lei (EUR9 billion) food & beverage industry. more

5 dec 2016

The drop in alcohol excise duty and the rise in the shopping budget of Romanian consumers as a result of the VAT cut restored optimism on the spirits market, so companies in this business stepped up more

2 dec 2016

Unilever South Central Europe, one of the most important actors on the fast-moving consumer goods market, ended the first half with 420 million lei (EUR94 million) revenue, an increase of 1.5% on the more

1 dec 2016

Bergenbier, the third largest brewer in Romania, posted 277 million lei (EUR62 million) sales in the first half, an increase of 11% on the year-ago period, according to publicly available data. The more

30 nov 2016

Betty Ice, one of the largest Romanian ice cream producers, wants to export 25% to 30% of the production of its plant in Suceava in five years compared with 5% at the moment. more

25 nov 2016

Blue Air is the most active low-cost airline on the Romanian market, while Ryanair and Wizz Air only operate one domestic route. more

23 nov 2016

French-held AccorHotels, which operates via its Polish partner Orbis seven hotels in Romania, wants to expand to 20 hotels in this country. Two hotels will open in Arad (ibis Styles) and Brasov more

22 nov 2016

Private labels of major retail chains took the top spot in chocolate sales in the first half, beating established brands like Milka, Poiana and Africana together, reveals a ZF analysis based on the more

21 nov 2016

Romania should follow the Polish model, where domestic capital dominates the economy and has started expanding in the region, so as protect itself against massive foreign capital outflows or in the more

17 nov 2016

The ten largest entrepreneurial companies registered in Bucharest posted 11.7 billion lei (EUR2.58 billion) revenue and had more than 20,000 employees last year. more

3 nov 2016

A problem of the entrepreneurs in Maramures and in the country for that matter is securing raw material and all the supplies needed for their products, due to prices and the lack of local suppliers, more

27 oct 2016

Infrastructure is essential for the increase in exports of Romanian food and beverage brands and the local producers cannot be competitive in Europe without it, says Jaak Mikkel, general manager of more

24 oct 2016

The name of German-held dairy producer Mueller, whose products are available in Romania via imports and a partnership with a local yellow cheese maker, is on the list of suitors for dairy group more

21 oct 2016

Nespresso Romania, a division of the sweets and coffee company Nestle Romania, could expand the coffee and professional coffee maker boutique brand in the rest of the country over the next two years. more

21 oct 2016

Businesspeople in Galati, Braila, Buzau and Vrancea Counties say they have trouble finding skilled labor due to the migration of the population to Western Europe and those that stayed ask for high more

18 oct 2016

Danone Romania, the leader of the yogurt market, ended the first half with 245 million lei (EUR54.3 million) revenue, up almost 7% on the year-ago period, according to ZF’s calculations based on more

13 oct 2016

The rise in minimum gross wage to 1,250 lei (EUR278) from RON850 in 2014 (47% in two years) is putting pressure on the local companies, which have had to find solutions today for the wage expenses and more

11 oct 2016

Romania’s Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport near Bucharest saw one of the highest growth rates among EU airports last year, 12%, which put it close to airports with far greater passenger numbers such more

5 oct 2016

Tchibo Romania, one of the leading actors of the local coffee market, has closed its Promenada Mall store three years after opening it. more

4 oct 2016

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, the largest bottler in the country, posted more than 1 billion lei (about EUR241 million) revenue in the first half, up almost 18% on the year-ago period. more

3 oct 2016

One of this year’s most important projects of yogurt producer Danone in Romania is to consolidate the position of its plant in Bucharest as a regional production hub, says Adrian Pascu, the more

19 sep 2016

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, the largest soft drinks bottler, and Heineken Romania, the second largest brewer in the country, are the most profitable businesses in an about 9 billion lei (EUR2 billion) more