Works are due to be completed over the course of 2025.
The retailer already has logistics centers in Stefanestii de Jos (Ilfov County), Turda (Cluj), Bacau (Bacau) and Filiasi (Dolj). Together, the four add up to about 100,000 square meters.
The new PENNY warehouse in Mihailesti will have a team of some 200 employees and will cover an area of 22,000 sqm on the ground, on a land plot of 120,000 sqm.
The warehouse will have photovoltaic panels and heating will be provided by heat recovery from the cold (depending on availability) and also by heat pumps from the industrial cold system.
“Romania is an important market for us, that’s why we have planned investments of over 1 billion euros until 2029, mainly by expanding the store network to a total of 619 PENNY stores and 6 logistics centers. The start of work on the fifth PENNY warehouse in the country is an important step in this direction. We strategically chose to build the new warehouse in Mihailesti, Giurgiu County, due to the potential for expansion and the existing road infrastructure, with the objective that, once operational, it will serve 70 stores by the end of 2025 and 100 stores by the end of 2027,” said Daniel Gross, CEO of PENNY Romania.
At present, the PENNY network in Romania comprises 379 stores and a team of 7,300 employees.