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

21 apr 2013

Chilled goods logistics operator NDL Frigo Logistics, whose main client is dairy market leader Danone Romania, tripled its turnover to 51.5 million lei (some EUR12 million) in 2012, which was the more

16 apr 2013

Romaqua Group, the bottler of the Borsec mineral water, accounts for 38% of the total mineral water production in Romania, three times more than its main rival, Coca-Cola HBC Romania (Dorna), more

11 apr 2013

Romania's chocolate production used to cover more than 80% of local sales seven or eight years ago, whereas today, the country has only three major chocolate and sweet plants left. more

8 apr 2013

Every Romanian drank 35 cups of instant coffee on average last year, 5% more than in 2011. Total coffee consumption stands at more than 300 cups per capita a year, Ziarul Financiar has calculated more

15 mar 2013

3M’s business plan for Romania envisages double-digit growth in the next few years, says Giuseppe Castaldi, 3M’s vice-president for Central and Eastern Europe. more

25 feb 2013

The losses amassed by companies in Romania hinder the country’s economic growth, according to an analysis by central bank deputy governor Florin Georgescu. more

4 feb 2013

Mineral water consumption increased by about 5% in 2012 after three years of decline, according to the estimates of Adrian Feru, research manager of Romania’s National Company of Mineral Waters more

31 ian 2013

The official dairy market fell by 20% to 25% in volume last year compared with 2011 because of purchasing power decline, believes Dorin Cojocaru, general manager of dairy companies’ trade more