Its net profit almost halved to RON2.2 million in 2021 from RON3.9 million in 2020.
For 2022, company officials did not offer any figures, but said they expected a difficult year.
In March 2022, Burger King group said it stopped the development of operations on the Romanian market, where the brand was present by franchising.The same decision was made on other markets in the region, where the group had the same franchisee, Poland’s AmRest.
The first Burger King restaurant was inaugurated in Romania by Amrest Group two and a half years ago. Burger King currently has ten units in Romania.
Amrest Group is present in Romania with the Starbucks coffee shop chain and the Burger King restaurant chain. AmRest is a European coffee shop, fast-food and casual dining restaurant operator. The company was founded in Wroclaw and runs mostly franchises of KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks, but also its own brands of restaurants.