The company’s profit also registered significant growth, of 43%, to RON 4.6 million. The company has around 460 employees.
The health crisis has pushed up drug consumption and implicitly pharmacy sales, but current economic hurdles are harming the retail sector, says Valentina Calin, a pharmacist and owner of Minifarm pharmacy chain of Dobrogea.
“The first four months of 2022 maintained the trend of the past two years, when drug consumption increased amid the pandemic. This led to an around 20% turnover increase against the year-ago period. Nevertheless, we expected soaring energy and fuel prices and surging inflation in general to erode purchasing power and implicitly the value of sales, making us cautious for the second half of the year,” said Valentina Calin.
The pharmacy chain has 93 units both in Dobrogea and Bucharest.
“In 2022, we’ve invested in opening new pharmacies in Bucharest, being already present with six units, and the expansion plan will,” said Valentina Calin.
Another investment direction is related to the distribution area.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)