In 2015, the company operating the store network posted a profit of nearly EUR12 million but 2015 was the only time in the last four years that the company turned a profit.
Auchan posted a turnover of RON4.89 billion (EUR1.08 billion) in 2016, 10% higher than in 2015. The company had around 9,337 employees last year, one hundred less than in 2015.
The French retailer recently entered the proximity store and supermarket market, a EUR2 billion market where networks like Profi, Carrefour and Mega Image have over 1,000 stores. Early May, Auchan opened its first proximity store in Romania under the MyAuchan brand in a Petrom filling station in western Bucharest.