The restructuring should be done into three strategic business verticals: Retail, Food and Agribusiness. This new organizational architecture is intended to enable a faster adaptation to market dynamics, increased operational efficiency, and greater transparency for investors, with each vertical operating with separate accounting record, the group officials say.
”The Agroland Retail division will include the company’s own stores, the franchise network, and the related logistics infrastructure. The Agroland Food division will integrate all existing farms, the egg processing plant, breeding farms, and hatcheries, and will also include a poultry processing line in the future. The Agroland Agribusiness division will continue to manage the distribution of agricultural inputs, grain trading, seed production and selection, with the feed factories to be integrated by the end of this year,” Agroland said in a report.
At the same time, the group announced the acquisition of the first organic egg production farm established in Romania, with an estimated annual capacity of 3 million organic eggs, which will join the portfolio starting in May. The group will also continue investments in the poultry platform in Mihailesti, which is expected to reach a monthly average production of 5.8 million eggs in 2025, representing an 18% increase compared to 2024.
In the retail segment, Agroland plans to open at least 10 new stores in 2025, of which a minimum of six will be in the Mega format. In parallel, in the agribusiness segment, the seed conditioning station in Simian is undergoing modernization, aimed at improving the quality of the selection processes.
“This stage of organizational and investment transformation reflects the Group’s commitment to an integrated, sustainable business model focused on strategic partnerships. The reorganization supports the Group’s medium-term objective of listing on the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.”
Valued at some RON100 million, Agroland is 68.3% held by CEO Horia Cardos. Its shares have lost 13% in the past year.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)