Early this year, Cosmin Calugar, expansion manager at Profi Rom Food, said the retailer has planned investments of about EUR18 million in 2013 to extend its Romanian network. The retailer’s expansion plan includes both new openings and the acquisition of local store networks.
In 2012, Profi took over six stores in Sibiu from company Alcomsib. Also, in 2007, Profi took over nine Albinuta supermarkets in Bucharest from Lithuanian firm Maxima LT.
Profi, controlled by Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors, currently has 153 stores in Romania and plans to open 42 new units in 2013.
Alimrom Trading is equally owned by Crina-Ioana Corbeanu and Cristian-Paul Muresan. In 2011, the company registered turnover of RON29.6 million (EUR6.7 million) and loss of RON813,000, according to Finance Ministry data.