This year, Carrefour Romania completed the acquisition of Billa stores, the retail operations of German retail group Rewe in Romania, and opened new stores at the end of the summer.
By the end of the year, the company estimates it will exceed 15,000 employees due to the opening of new units: over 10 supermarkets opened in 2016, Carrefour Park Lake hypermarket – Bucharest, opened on September 1, and another two hypermarkets to be opened by the end of the year, namely Carrefour Veranda – Bucharest and Carrefour Piatra Neamt.
In 2015, Carrefour opened two new hypermarkets, Carrefour Mega Mall – Bucharest and Carrefour Timisoara, 9 supermarkets in Bucharest and 3 in other cities.
For next year, Carrefour estimates an upward trend in terms of expansion and new jobs.