The retailer opened 63 stores in 2013 and plans to maintain the same expansion rate this year and in 2015 as well.
Profi currently operates two types of stores, Profi and Profi City. In 2012, the retailer announced it plans to open a new type of store for rural areas – Loco, which it subsequently gave up.
Profi is the second-largest modern retail chain in Romania, after Mega Image, with a network of 255 stores, operating in 41 counties and employing over 6,000 people.
The retailer plans to reach a 400 store network in the upcoming years.
The supermarket chain doubled its net profit to RON26.8 million (EUR6 million) in 2013, from RON13.1 million a year before. Its sales rose 26% on the year to RON1.45 billion (EUR330 million).