The supermarket in Craiova has a sales area of around 1,200 square meters and has created 30 new jobs.
Since the beginning of the year, Lidl has opened ten new stores and plans to open five more by the end of the year.
Lidl entered the Romanian market in 2010, when it took over a the 100-store network of discount chain Plus from Tengelmann group.
According to a report of the local antitrust authority, Lidl is the third largest retailer in Romania by 2012 sales, overtaken by Kaufland and Carrefour.
Lidl currently has around 3,800 employees in its stores, regional distribution centers and headquarters in Romania. The company is part of Lidl & Schwartz, which also operates the Kaufland hypermarket chain.