The new store in Bucharest has a sales are of 1,300 sqm and employs 25 people.
Lidl opened 11 new stores in Romania in the first half of the year, after opening 20 units in 2018. It plans to continue expansion in the second half of the year.
Lidl invested an estimated EUR500 million in Romania in new stores, warehouses and the takeover of Plus stores. Investments in opening a new Lidl store amount to EUR2 million.
Lidl is the third largest chain store in Romania by turnover, which neared RON8 billion in 2018, up 20% compared with 2017.