10.05.2016

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

08.24.2016

Poland’s AmRest, which entered Romania by taking over the Starbucks franchise last year, says this country is its most profitable market, generating an EBITDA of more than 25% in the second quarter more

06.28.2016

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05.30.2016

Last year was the best year of its 14 in Romania for Nestle’s local out-of-home solutions division, Nestle Professional Romania, says country business manager Ovidiu Tunaru. more

04.21.2016

Transactions on the restaurant and coffee shop market saw a significant growth over the last year, in capital Bucharest, at the same speed as the multitude of new concepts developed in the industry, more

03.01.2016

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11.11.2015

The Bamboo club, Curtea Berarilor (beerhouse) and the Biutiful bar are the leaders in their sector in Bucharest by 2014 revenue. The three posted 17.6 million lei (EUR4 million) revenue last year and more

08.27.2015

La Fantana, a bottled water wholesaler, launched the Green coffee and coffee milk brands available in Romania and Serbia, one year from the takeover of Lavazza coffee brand on the local market. La more

08.21.2015

Bucuria chocolates, La Placinte restaurants and the Tucano Coffee coffee shops, three brands built in the Republic of Moldova, have entered the local market in the past three years and reached 10 more

08.21.2015

McDonald’s Romania, the largest restaurant chain on the local market, is expanding its McCafé coffee-house chain by five new units, in Bucharest, Buzau, Pitesti and Craiova, to reach a total 19 more

08.21.2015

Strauss Romania, the owner of the Doncafé brand and the subsidiary of the Israeli group by the same name, posted almost 27% increase in sales in lei to 126 million lei (EUR28.4 million) in the first more

07.09.2015

The Calea Floreasca – Barbu Vacarescu area (which connects the center to the north of the city) has become one of the busiest coffee shop and restaurant areas in Bucharest, with 20 to 25 such places more

06.12.2015

Mondelez Romania, the importer of Milka, Poiana and Jacobs, has climbed to the top spot on the sweets and coffee market by total sales, beating Nestle (Joe and Nescafe), ZF has calculated based on more

05.19.2015

Bucharest accommodates more than 3,400 restaurants, coffee shops and bars, whose sales amount to almost 2.5 billon lei (EUR562 million) and is the most important market for this industry by far, being more

05.14.2015

Philips’ plant in Orastie, central Romania, ended last year with EUR116 million revenue, an increase of 14% on 2013 and five times higher than in 2009 when the Dutch group bought it. At that time, more

04.22.2015

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), the largest company in the local oil industry, is introducing a new product in the 153 OMV gas stations in Romania, after having gradually turned them into genuine services more

04.03.2015

The coffee shop market was one of the worst hit by the crisis, as Romanian consumers chose to give up going out for a cup of coffee rather than going out for lunch. more

04.03.2015

Swiss giant Nestle, a major player on Romania’s coffee and sweets market, is tapping the last segment it was not present on in Romania, retail, with a store it is set to open this summer in Calea more

03.26.2015

Coffee sales in Romania reached nearly EUR420 million in 2014, a slight decrease from 2013, while consumption stalled in the last four years, according to a PwC Romania study. more

03.23.2015

As the living standards in Romania improve, the coffee shop market will stabilize and more and more places will open where Romanians could go out for a cup of coffee, says Dan Ursu, owner of Pro more

03.09.2015

The Brioche Doree coffee shop chain brought in Romania by the shareholders and the boss of the fashion retailer Kenvelo wants to open six coffee shops this year. It is looking at both shopping centers more

02.23.2015

If the government drops the coffee excise duty that starts at EUR153/ton and is one of the steps included on its fiscal relaxation list, the move will be good for market, say the officials of more

02.12.2015

Belgian-held retailer Mega Image has recently put the “to go” coffee of U.S. Starbucks on its shelves in a bid to gain share on this market, one of the most dynamic over the past year. more

01.30.2015

Coffee shop chain Brioche Doree has appointed former Starbucks district manager Costin Gheorghiu head of operations as this month. Brioche Doree operates in Romania as a franchise held by the more

11.26.2014

Israeli group Strauss Coffee, the producer of coffee brand Doncafe in Romania, reported 9% higher sales in the third quarter, to 61 million shekels (EUR12.7 million), on the backdrop of higher volumes more