Profi’s new units are located in Timisoara, Slatina (Olt county) and Bucharest.
Mega Image’s new Shop&Go convenience stores are located in Ostratu village (Corbeanca, Ilfov County), in Chiajna (Ilfov county) and Constanta. The three units’ sale areas cover between 89 and 126 square meters.
The new store openings expand Mega Image’s local network to 364 units, of which 177 Mega Image supermarkets, 185 Shop&Go convenience stores, one frozen foods unit AB COOL FOOD and one Mega Drive store. Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, had a net profit of RON55.1 million (EUR12.5 million) in 2013, 18% higher than in 2012, and a turnover of RON2.34 billion (EUR530 million), up 33% on the year, according to Finance Ministry data.
Discount retailer Profi, owned by Enterprise Investors, on Thursday opened its first store in a campus, in western city of Timisoara, and two stores under the standard format in Slatina and Bucharest, respectively.
The new Profi stores occupy between 565 sqm and 775.55 sqm, respectively. Profi is the second-largest modern retail chain in Romania, after Mega Image, with a network of nearly 260 stores, operating in 41 counties and employing over 6,000 people. The retailer plans to reach a 400 store network in the upcoming years.