11.11.2014

Mondelez Romania, the local subsidiary of US group Mondelez, ended the first half of this year with revenue worth 327 million lei (EUR73.8 million), up 22% against the year-earlier period, according more

11.10.2014

U.S. coffee shop chain Starbucks, which has been operating in Romania since 2007, wants to grow to 35 coffee shops in the country in five years. more

09.12.2014

Strauss Coffee, the world’s fifth largest producer of green coffee that owns Doncafe brand locally, is open to further acquisitions in Romania after it sealed the most important deal of recent years more

09.10.2014

Mondelez Romania, the local subsidiary of the US group of the same name, which has chocolate brands Poiana and Milka, as well as Jacobs coffee in its portfolio, saw its revenue rise by 10% in 2013, to more

08.25.2014

Romanian consumers and foreign tourists spend almost EUR2.4 billion in Romania’s restaurants, bars and coffee shops a year, about 40% less than what tourists and locals spend in the Czech Republic, more

08.20.2014

Israeli group Strauss Coffee, the producer of coffee brand Doncafe in Romania, reported 6% lower sales in the first six months, to 107 million shekels (EUR22.8 million), from 114 million shekels in more

07.21.2014

Israeli group Strauss Coffee, the producer of coffee brand Doncafe, ranks second on the Romanian instant coffee market after Nestle, as Romania’s Competition Council approved the acquisition of more

07.21.2014

U.S. coffee shop chain Starbucks, present in Romania since 2007, wants to double its network in Romania by the end of 2015, and reach at least 18 units. more

05.09.2014

Strauss Romania, the producer of Doncafe and Fort coffee brands, ended 2013 with revenue of around 213 million lei (EUR48 million), down 9% year-on-year, according to ZF calculations based on company more

02.17.2014

Alka Group, a major player on the Romanian sweets and coffee market, plans to double its turnover over the next five years and increase exports, which now account for just 10% of the sales. more

02.16.2014

In recent years, Victoriei Square (Piata Victoriei) in Bucharest has started to shape up as a restaurant and coffee shop hub after international chains including McDonald’s and Subway, as well as more

02.04.2014

Israeli group Strauss Coffee, the producer of coffee brand Doncafe, said it acquired instant coffee brand Amigo for $20 million, which is sold mainly in Romania, from Brazilian company Cia Iguacu de more

11.29.2013

Romania’s annual consumption of premium coffee (ground coffee and beans, excluding instant coffee), in restaurants, outdoor bars and coffee shops amounts to $50 million-$65 million (EUR44 million to more

10.23.2013

Cafea Fortuna, the largest coffee producer in Romania owned by Constantin Moroianu, manages to cope with the fierce competition of famous brands like Jacobs and Nescafe, due to the customers of small more

10.09.2013

German coffee producer Tchibo is investing in its own chain of stores on the Romanian market, and is in negotiations with all malls in Bucharest to open stores. more

07.05.2013

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

04.08.2013

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

11.08.2012

The Romanian coffee market is picking up after the 2009-2010 decline, and will increase by 1% to 4% depending on the coffee product category, said Marius Melesteu, general manager of Strauss Romania, more

10.05.2012

The coffee market rose both in volume and in value in the first six months of 2012, driven by Romanians’ appetite for the product, by the development of various blends and new products, as well as more

08.17.2012

In the past three years the Romanian market has lost over 60 coffee shops because prices were not adjusted to the local realities and because of faulty management. Another factor has been Romanians’ more

08.06.2012

Tudor Dragomir Niculescu, the owner of the Turabo coffee shop chain and one of the first to get the coffee shop market going in Romania, has closed down, in less than three years, all his 50 coffee more

06.07.2012

Strauss Romania, producer of the Doncafe coffee, forecasts revenue of 232 million lei (about EUR52 million) for this year, up more than 9% compared with 2011, when sales were flat. more

05.17.2012

Last year was not a simple year at all, said Marius Melesteu, general manager of Strauss Romania, the producer of Doncafe. Coffee beans, the world’s second-largest market after oil, became up to more

11.12.2011

Romania will increase excise duties on diesel fuel by 4.4% on January 1, from EUR358 to EUR374 per ton, according to a government document. more

11.10.2011

Carbonated soft drinks, mineral water and roasted coffee are the products that account for the highest share in Romanians’ food basket, in terms of value and not in terms of consumer basket volume. more