8 feb 2016

Romanian consumers’ appetite for spending remains low, which is why the food VAT cut from 24% to 9% as of June 1, 2015 helped his company’s sales remain flat, says Vasile Lucut, owner of meat and more

5 feb 2016

Alpin 57 Lux based in Alba-Iulia (central Romania), one of the largest actors of the local ice-cream market, posted 90 million lei (EUR20 million) revenue last year, 30% more than in 2014, ZF has more

4 feb 2016

Caroli Foods Group, the largest local processed meats producer by sales, ended last year with more than 400 million lei (EUR90 million) revenue, 15% higher than in 2014, the company said. more

3 feb 2016

The start of the year was very good for the courier service industry, says Adrian Mihai, one of the founders of FAN Courier, and volumes were higher than usually in January. more

28 ian 2016

Wizz Air will double passenger traffic to and from Romanian airports to 9 million to 10 million people in five years, says the airline’s chief executive officer Jozsef Varadi. more

22 ian 2016

Three low-cost airlines – Blue Air, Wizz Air and Ryanair, are vying for the top spot now held by national airline Tarom and national railroad passenger carrier CFR Calatori on the segment of more

20 ian 2016

The private labels of the major retail chains have reached 15% of the sales of processed meats, a category that includes salami, sausages or Vienna sausages and amounts to 3.6 billion lei (EUR794 more

8 ian 2016

Five leading courier service companies in Romania, including FAN Curier and Urgent Cargus, had more than 10,000 employees and independent contractors together at the end of last year, after having more

6 ian 2016

Cris-Tim, one of the largest meat industry groups in Romania, is headed towards EUR120m revenue in 2016, after having posted EUR105 million sales last year. more

22 dec 2015

The year that is about to end was full of deals and business expansion steps of the companies in the private healthcare industry and pharmaceutical retail. While some foreign companies gave up their more

21 dec 2015

The year 2015 came with a breath of fresh air for the food and beverage industry in form of a VAT cut for such products, as well as with several international deals that have an impact on the 40 more

15 dec 2015

The tourism sector in Romania was marked by a number of international events like the crisis in Greece and the attacks in France, which made many Romanians reconsider their vacations abroad, by the more

14 dec 2015

Danone, FrieslandCampina and Hochland are the first multinationals in the dairy industry that appointed representatives of the first generation of Romanian executives trained in capitalism to run more

11 dec 2015

Consumption of bottled water reached 72 liters per capita last year or less than one 200-milliliter glass, which puts Romania below the European average of 105 liters per capita, according to a ZF more

10 dec 2015

DHL Express Romania, one of the most important logistics and courier service companies in Romania, wants to increase the number of parcel shipments from malls and gas stations, to meet rising demand more

7 dec 2015

Romania’s fast moving consumer goods market will develop over the coming period though not without going through significant changes, says Robert van Pappelendam, vice-president of fabric cleaning more

2 dec 2015

Paravion, one of the leading online travel agencies in Romania, wants to reach EUR60 million revenue next year, an increase of 30% on 2015, generated by its local business and expansion abroad. more

1 dec 2015

The food VAT cut as of June 1 was the breath of fresh air Romania’s dairy industry had been waiting for and most of the largest companies in the business expect to see the impact of this step on more

30 nov 2015

Ryanair, the largest low cost airline in Europe, wants to become the market leader in Romania in five years and announced it would start operating domestic flights, as well. more

19 nov 2015

Logistics and courier service company DHL Express Romania plans to build a cargo terminal for air freight shipments in Bucharest and is willing to invest EUR10 milion to EUR15 million in it. more

17 nov 2015

Dairy producer Albalact’s (ALBZ.RO) chief executive Stephane Batoux is optimistic about Romania’s performance next year but says employees will be harder to find especially for middle management more

11 nov 2015

Companies in the food and beverages industry, which generate 50 billion lei (EUR11 billion) revenue a year have resumed hiring this year, after operating personnel cutbacks during the crisis. The more

6 nov 2015

Romania ranks first in Europe by consumption of PET bottled beer with some 7.5 million hectoliters. The beer is sold in this type of packaging in only five countries in Europe, according to a ZF more

6 nov 2015

Dietary supplements producer Alevia, based in Falticeni (Suceava County, northern Romania) wants to begin exporting its more than 170 products after having reached more than 4,000 pharmacies and more

5 nov 2015

The food VAT cut as of June was a good step and helped improve the purchasing power of Romanian consumers and the sales of Nestle, says Herve de Froment, who is in charge of the local operations of more