4 sep 2013

Producers and importers of alcoholic beverages started to increase prices by up to 30% as of September 1, arguing the measure raising excise duties on alcohol to EUR1,000 per hectoliter will boost the more

30 aug 2013

The yogurt segment, one of the most important of the dairy market, put at EUR250 million, increased by 6% in the first half of this year on the year-ago period. The overall market fell by 7%, more

16 aug 2013

Napolact, one of the oldest dairy brands in Romania, has remained the best-selling brand of Dutch-held Friesland on the Romanian market, almost ten years after its takeover despite pressure from more

14 aug 2013

Ikea’s store in Baneasa, northern Bucharest, will remain the only store of the company in Romania at least until the end of 2014, even though Ikea had announced plans for a second store upon its more

9 aug 2013

Coca-Cola HBC Romania recorded a “high single digit” decline in volumes sold, with the sales performance being determined by the bad weather and the aggressive promotional activity of market more

30 iul 2013

Frutti Fresh and Adria made by Micula brothers’ European Drinks are the only local brands that keep close behind Coca-Cola and PepsiCo on a carbonated beverage market put at EUR600 million to EUR700 more

22 iul 2013

Romania ranks second in Eastern Europe in terms of its underground economy, with almost EUR40 billion in absolute terms in 2013, shows a study of AT Kearney on Europe’s underground economy released more

12 iul 2013

Ten major brands dominate the whisky market put at EUR85 million last year, accounting for almost 90% of it, reveals a ZF analysis based on data provided by market research company IWSR. more

9 iul 2013

Romania’s chocolate market evaluated at EUR300 million grew in January through April and the trend might continue into the second half of 2013, according to Gabriela Munteanu, marketing manager at more

8 iul 2013

FrieslandCampina Romania, the local division of Dutch group FrieslandCampina, said it has closed its plants over the past years because they were used “way below capacity and were technologically more

5 iul 2013

Strauss Romania, the producer of the Doncafe coffee brand, could see EUR55 million revenue this year, up 5% on 2012 and in line with the overall market trend. more

5 iul 2013

Over 100 dairy and cheese plants were closed between 2008 and 2012, while the number of major plants with over 250 employees was reduced to eight (from 14 in 2008), according to a ZF analysis based on more

27 iun 2013

Quadrant – Amroq Beverages, the bottler of PepsiCo in Romania, last year turned to losses for the first time in more than a decade. The company posted a loss of 66 million lei (EUR15 million), shows more

20 iun 2013

The 2013 sales of Romania’s largest ice cream producer Betty Ice will depend, as usual, on the weather, after last year they grew in single digits, says owner Vasile Armenean. more

18 iun 2013

Danone, FrieslandCampina and Albalact, the three largest dairy producers on the Romanian market, reported an increase in sales in lei in 2012, but profit margins remained low, at only 2%-3%, according more

17 iun 2013

Romania’s spirits market, which has been affected by consumer spending decline over the past years, was flat in volume last year, but rose 12% in value, according to ZF’s calculations based on more

14 iun 2013

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, the largest player on the local soft drinks market, reported sales of EUR435 million last year, up 6% from 2011, and a net profit of EUR33 million, up 8% on the year. more

7 iun 2013

Heidi Chocolat, one of the two Romanian businesses Austria’s Meinl family owns, has bought sweets and confectionery producer Niemetz based in Austria. This is the first acquisition abroad by a local more

7 iun 2013

Romanians now consume 2.8 billion liters of soft drinks and of bottled mineral water per year, over 20% more than in 2005. Consumption per capita has reached around 130 liters. Last year the market more

5 iun 2013

The slow development of infrastructure is one of the main reasons why Romania does not get more investments from car part manufacturers, along with the fact that authorities promise infrastructure more

3 iun 2013

Kandia Dulce, the largest chocolate producer in Romania, sold 28.5 million Rom chocolate bars worth more than EUR6 million last year, according to ZF’s calculations based on the data provided by the more

21 mai 2013

Danone Romania, a unit of French food group Danone, reported 4% lower revenues in euros, to EUR113.6 million, in 2012, according to ZF calculations based on company data. more

15 mai 2013

Dorna Lactate, the most important company of the LaDorna group that French dairy giant Lactalis bought from entrepreneur Jean Valvis in the spring of 2008, acumulated losses of EUR10.3 million in more

10 mai 2013

Mondelez Romania, the former Kraft Foods, one of the largest sweets businesses in this country, is getting ready to sell the one hectare plot of land and one of the two facilities of the Poiana plant more

7 mai 2013

European Food&Drinks group based in Bihor County (northwestern Romania), the largest food industry business of the country in 2007-2008, posted EUR386 million revenue in 2011. The amount in euros is more