The company’s business started to revive after plunging nearly 45% year-over-year in 2016. HAVI Logistics’ main partner is fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s, according to the latest data. The company had a net profit of RON1.1 million in 2018, after reporting a net loss of RON2.6 million in 2017.
HAVI Logistics, formerly known as Romdis, entered the Romanian market in April 1995, alongside McDonald’s, remaining the only distributor of the fast-food restaurant chain locally. In 2012, the company also started to distribute shop & gastro (food) products present in OMV and Petrom filling stations.
In 1998, the company built a distribution center in northern Bucharest and in 2012, it opened two more distribution centers in Chitila (Ilfov County) and in Bacia (in the vicinity of Deva), of which the last two were leased, according to the latest data. International HAVI Group has more than 10,000 employees and services clients in more than 100 countries.
In Romania, HAVI’s competitors are Schenker Logistics, Duvenbeck Logistik, Gebrüder Weiss, Gefco and Delamode Romania.