09.11.2016

The average monthly wage in Romania is twofold lower than in the Czech Republic and Poland and fivefold lower than in Germany; nevertheless, the ratio for food prices is much lower. more

09.02.2016

La Placinte restaurant chain that entered Romania in 2013 ended 2015 with almost 25 million lei (EUR5.6 million) revenue and 12 restaurants in Bucharest and four other big cities of the country. more

07.24.2016

Food orders registered by online food delivery platform Foodpanda.ro doubled in the first half of 2016, compared with the same period a year ago, as the average value of the consumer basket rose 5% more

06.15.2016

Good People, the operator of the frufru (FRU21.RO) brand, which sells organic food and beverages, on Tuesday listed 4.56 million lei (about EUR1 million) bonds on the alternative trading system AeRO more

06.06.2016

European Food, the largest producer of the group of brothers Ioan and Viorel Micula, posted 387 million lei (EUR86 million) losses in 2015, RON80 million higher than the revenue. more

06.02.2016

Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by about 3.6% in the online stores of Carrefour and Cora in the first year of 9% VAT, which means about one third of the about 13% drop in prices that more

05.23.2016

Lantmannen Unibake, held by a cooperative of 27,000 Swedish farmers, has bought the retail and bakery operations of GoodMills in Romania (the former Titan company) from Austria’s Raiffeisen group, more

04.19.2016

Romanian ice cream producer Alpin57Lux, based in Alba Iulia (central-western Romania), signed an association agreement with Latvian dairy group Food Union, and the new joint-venture will support the more

03.22.2016

More and more Romanians pay online, by card, the food ordered online, and the number of people choosing this payment method rose 10% in January and February 2016, compared to the average reported in more

02.16.2016

Spice and food ingredient producer Supremia Grup will increase its revenue to 260 million lei (EUR58 million) in two years, 50% more than in 2015, says general manager and owner Levente Bara. more

02.09.2016

Romanian-held meat processing group Aalyex exported about 17,000 tons of poultry to 16 countries in Europe and beyond last year. more

02.08.2016

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

01.25.2016

McDonald’s Romania, the largest player on the restaurant market, has changed owners this weekend when the US McDonald’s group sold the Romanian operations to a Malta-based franchisee, ZF has more

12.24.2015

Food ingredients manufacturer Supremia Grup has bought two companies in Denmark, Tamaco Trading and Tamaco Pak, its owner Levente Bara announced. more

12.21.2015

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

11.11.2015

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

11.05.2015

Cold cuts and canned meat producer Vascar based in Vaslui County (eastern Romania), which also owns retail operations, says it plans to continue expansion by five stores a year and one of the cities more

10.26.2015

Romania’s online food orders market, whose current value reaches EUR20 million, is witnessing a fast growth and its potential is huge, Radu Balaceanu, Country Manager at online food delivery more

10.13.2015

Romanians started to buy higher quality products after the VAT cut on food items from 24% to 9% in June, Sorana Georgia, vice-president of the association of major retail chains in Romania (AMRCR), more

10.12.2015

Romanians ate more than EUR3.1 billion worth of imported food last year but the local market exported less than half of that amount, EUR1.4 billion, ZF has found from National Statistics Institute more

10.08.2015

Polish Maspex group (Tymbark) continues to look for acquisition targets in Romania, a country with a lot of potential for investment because of its economic growth, says Krzysztof Grabowski, president more

09.29.2015

Private labels now account for one fifth of the food market, but these products that retailers developed to take on established brands have yet to become important on such segments as beverages and more

09.14.2015

Radu Timis, the entrepreneur who founded Cri-Tim, one of the leading meat processing businesses in Romania, expects EUR10 million sales from the ready-meal segment, following the investments in more

08.14.2015

US-held fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s, which entered the Romanian market directly in 1995, has sold the local operations to Malta’s Premier Capital. Premier Capital holds the franchise of more

08.10.2015

Fish and fish products company Ocean Fish, controlled by Republic of Moldova businessman Ilie Busuioc, is considering expanding into retail by developing its own store chain. more