Carrefour had 29 hypermarteks and 53 convenience stores in Romania in mid-year, as well as 43 Express stores in urban areas and 10 Contact stores in rural areas. The number of hypermarkets and convenience stores went up by one each compared with last year. Carrefour Romania is the largest company of the French group in this country by revenue and by number of employees, almost 8,000 out 15,000 at the end of 2015. Carrefour also owns the Market supermarkets operated by Artima and online operations, as well as Supeco, a cross between discount and cash & carry stores. It took over 86 Billa supermarkets in Romania, as well.
Carrefour therefore owns more than 280 stores under several formats in this country. It is not the only retailer to have posted double-digit growth in first half, as Kaufland and Dedeman did, too. (EUR1=RON4.4949)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)