“In 2023, we will continue to develop the omnichannel footprint, by expanding the national retail chain with stores of all formats and will also continue the remodeling process. To support this expansion, we plan on inaugurating a new logistics warehouse in the east of the country,” Carrefour officials said without elaborating further.
As far as ZF can tell, this is the first logistics warehouse of the group in Moldavia. The retailer has about 15 hectares of warehouses in Deva, Brazi (Prahova) and near Bucharest. Carrefour usually chooses to lease space from specialist companies rather than build its own.
It reached the 380-store mark in Romania in 2022, opening about 15 this year. All stores were smaller formats – either supermarkets (Market), discount stores (Supeco) or modern convenience stores (Express).
It has not inaugurated any hypermarket so far in 2022.
Carrefour has been present in Romania for more than two decades.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)