This will be the French retailer’s 27th hypermarket in Romania.
Carrefour opened a hypermarket in Bucharest in September, in the Vulcan Value Centre, and plans to open one in the Veranda Shopping Center in Bucharest, currently under development. The retailer also became a co-owner of the ParkLake shopping center in Bucharest and will open a 12,000-square-meter hypermarket there.
Carrefour has 163 stores in Romania, of which 27 Carrefour hypermarkets, 82 Market supermarket, 46 Express convenience stores, 7 Contact convenience stores and one online store. Carrefour is also currently developing Supeco stores, a format in-between discounter and cash&carry stores.