Under the circumstances, Mega Image only added 13 stores for a total of 969 in 2023.

The figures take into account both openings and potential closings, since the group does not announce separately how many stores it opened and how many it closed. Last year saw the slowest expansion of Mega Image since 2011, i.e. in more than a decade. In its heyday, Mega Image would open 90 to 100 supermarkets and convenience stores a year.

(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)