The company official added the company will increase the Bucharest network to more than 10 units, from the current eight.
In addition, the company will launch a logistics center this year, in northwestern Romania. Right now, the company has two such units, in Bucharest and Ploiesti.
“We want to reach some 200 stores in Romania this year, each unit with a surface between 900 and 1,200 square meters. The investment for each unit, without the plot, is over EUR1 million,” Trnobranschy said.
In 2010, Lidl took over the Plus discount stores in Bulgaria and Romania, from the Tengelmann group.
Lidl, operated by Lidl & Schwarz, is one of Europe’s largest retail chains, with activity in over 20 countries and 100 logistics centers supplying its 9,000 stores.