The hypermarket will be located in Hello Shopping Park, the company announced.
Auchan said it will complete by the end of April the rebranding of the real hypermarkets it took over last year in Romania.The stores left to be rebranded are located in Bucharest – AFI Cotroceni, Galati, and Timisoara.
The Auchan-Real deal was completed on September 12, following the agreement signed in November 2012 between Auchan and Metro Group, the owner of real, and antitrust clearance from Romania’s Competition Council in July.
Previously, the French retailer had announced it planned to rebrand its 20 Real hypermarkets in less than a year, with an investment of EUR40 million.
Thus, Auchan Romania will have 31 hypermarkets in Romania, two units under construction, over 10,000 employees, three logistical platforms, 70 million clients a year and a turnover of more than RON4.5 billion. This makes it one of the top five private employers in Romania and the second largest retail network by sales area.