This is the highest turnover level reported by Danone since its entry on the local market, at the end of the 1990s.
The company’s profit surged by 61% to RON34.2 million and the average number of employees was 407.
French Danone group has a factory in capital Bucharest, which cover six hectares and has a production capacity of over 75,000 tons per year. The factory produces, on average, over one million yogurts per day, as per the latest data from Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily. The company’s portfolio includes brands such as Danone, Danonino, Casa Buna, Actimel, YoPro and Alpro (plant-based product).
The Danone factory in Bucharest produced the first yogurts in 1999, and it is currently one of the best-performing production units held by French Danone Group.
Over the last two years, Danone Romania has invested EUR11 million in its factory in Bucharest. In 2021, Danone invested EUR4 million in a new packaging line at its factory in Bucharest.
Danone’s competitors on the local market are Albalact, FrieslandCampina (Napolact), Artesana and Laptaria cu Caimac.