The 11 stores are located in Panticeu (Cluj county), Aghiresu Fabrici (Cluj), Matca (Galati), Odobesti (Vrancea), Balan (Harghita), Tinca (Bihor), Segarcea (Dolj), Miercurea Nirajului (Mures), Lovrin (Timiș), Gataia (Timis) and Anina (Caras Severin).
Profi plans to reach 500 units by the end of 2016 and to continue its expansion at a rate of at least 100 new units per year, according to the company.
A LOCO store employs 11 to 15 people, the retailer said.
End-2014, Profi was the 15th largest employer in Romania and also the largest employer in western Romania.
Profi, owned by investment fund Enterprise Investors, currently has some 8,000 employees.
Profi operates 324 stores in 154 rural and urban localities in all Romanian counties and in capital city Bucharest.