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

16 sep 2016

Scandia Sibiu, one of the largest canned food companies in Romania, has acquired rival Rotina Product, which has a cannery in Hunedoara, according to the Official Gazette. more

9 sep 2016

Agricola Bacau, one of the largest meat businesses in Romania, could see the first half growth rate of 13% continue into the second, so the 2016 revenue could reach more than 740 million lei (EUR166 more

26 aug 2016

The positive effects of the lower VAT for foods, along with the rise in incomes and the reduction of the social security taxes, will continue, but the Romanian consumers’ purchasing power is still more

25 aug 2016

Italian apparel manufacturer Moncler, which completed a EUR5 million investment in a plant in Bacau County (eastern Romania) in March, has rented 33,600 square meters to use as manufacturing space in more

22 aug 2016

The Romanian courier service market has a high growth potential for the coming years, driven by the GDP growth and the fast-paced development of the online commerce, says Yves Delmas, executive more

18 aug 2016

About 200 confectionery shops, street vendors and small plants make ice cream, rivaling major players like Unilever (Algida, Napoca), Nestle (Joe, Nirvana), Betty Ice and Top Gel on the EUR150 million more

16 aug 2016

SaladBox, a quick service restaurant brand developed by four entrepreneurs in Cluj (NW Romania), has grown to more than 40 restaurants in Romania, Hungary, Germany and Algeria and is getting ready to more

15 aug 2016

The former manager of the bakery products stores Casa Brutarilor and Belforno Fresh, Dragos Serb, has taken over the 45 stores under the two brands from Goodmills Romania (the former Titan SA). more

10 aug 2016

More than 400 companies bottle soft drinks and water in Romania but export less than 5% of their production. more

27 iul 2016

Romania’s Finance Ministry approved state aid for 23 companies in various sectors such as industry, call-centers, consultancy and IT, and the list of those that had their applications turned down more

26 iul 2016

Star Foods E.M., the local snacks division of PepsiCo, works with 21 Romanian potato farmers in Covasna, Harghita, Brasov, Neamt, Suceava and Dambovita counties, which supply 80% of the necessary raw more

20 iul 2016

Dorna Lactate, the maker of the LaDorna dairy products and the largest company France’s Lactalis owns in Romania, ended 2015 with 13.2 million lei (EUR3 million) net loss. Last year was its third in more

19 iul 2016

Sales of ice cream manufacturer Betty Ice were higher at the beginning of the summer than in the year-ago period, driven by the good weather and the economic growth, says owner Vasile Armenean. more

18 iul 2016

Local furniture manufacturers shipped more than EUR2 billion worth of products abroad last year, an increase of 8.4% on 2014, according to the data of the Romanian Furniture Manufacturers Association more

18 iul 2016

Porcelain products manufacturer Apulum held by Italian investors will invest 113 million lei (more than EUR25 million) excluding VAT in a new wing at its plant in Alba Iulia (central Romania) next more

13 iul 2016

Courier service industry companies had more than 12,600 employees last year, almost 5,000 more than in 2008, as the industry was one of the least affected by the economic crisis, according to a ZF more

12 iul 2016

The number of passengers passing through Romania’s airports might overshoot the 15.5 million to 16 million mark this year, considering the two most active airlines, Wizz Air and Ryanair alone expect more

7 iul 2016

Europe’s largest low cost airline Ryanair, which has stepped up expansion in Romania in the past two years, plans to carry more than 1.8 million people on the routes it operates from Henri Coanda more