“None of the parties involved has so far informed us about this transaction,” Chiritoiu said at the conference Mediafax Talks about Competition.
People familiar with the matter told Ziarul Financiar recently Auchan might take over Real’s Romanian hypermarket network and a deal to this end might be signed Thursday.
Auchan plans to buy 95 Real hypermarkets in Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. Market sources see the acquisition price at around EUR900 million.
Both Real and Auchan entered Romania in 2006. The local real,- Hypermarket chain, which includes 24 units, is owned by German retail group Metro.
Metro has been considering selling Real operations for some time now, as part of a strategy change process.