“We are planning new logistics investments this year. In 2015, Carrefour signed a lease for 81,000 square meters (8.1 hectares) with logistics developer P3 in the same logistics park where its 4.5 hectare warehouse is, P3 Bucharest, the former Europolis Logistic Park,” says Andreea Mihai, marketing manager of Carrefour.
The investment in 2016 entails relocation of the operations from those 4.5 hectares to two other built to suit warehouses.
“At the end of the process Carrefour Romania will operate its logistics activities on a 10.2-hectare area,” the executive added.
Carrefour currently operates two warehouses totaling 6.6 hectares, one of which taking up 4.5 hectares and located in Chiajna, near Bucharest, while the other is in Bacia, near Deva. The latter covers 2.1 hectares and they are both rented from logistics companies, because the French-held group prefers to focus on retail.
Carrefour posted more than EUR1.2 billion net sales in Romania last year, an increase of 13% on 2014.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)