Over the last one and a half year, Lidl has modernized nearly 200 stores. In November, the German retailer announced the construction of a fifth logistics center in Romania, in Cordun locality, in the vicinity of the town of Roman. The new warehouse will be used for supplying the stores in the region of Moldavia. The company also has warehouses in Chiajna, Nedelea (in the vicinity of Ploiesti), Iernut (in the vicinity of Targu Mures) and in Lugoj, where it opened a center in 2016 following investments of nearly EUR20 million. The opening of the new logistics center will create over 200 new jobs. The building will have a total built area of 45,000 sqm on a 132,000-sqm plot of land and will serve 50 Lidl stores in the eastern part of the country.
Lidl reported a nearly 16% higher turnover in the first half of 2017, compared with year-earlier period, up to nearly RON3.1 billion. The advance was backed both by its expansion by nearly ten stores a year and by Romanians’ increased purchasing power which implicitly led to increased consumption.
Lidl is one of Europe’s largest store chains, with over 140 logistics center supplying approximately 10,000 stores. The retailer operates in 27 countries and has more than 215,000 employees.