This is the second Auchan hypermarket in Targu Mures and the retailer’s fifth Auchan City unit. The retailer also owns Auchan City stores in Brasov, Bucuresti, Constanta and Iasi.
Auchan recently said it will complete by April the rebranding of the Real hypermarkets it took over last year in Romania.
The Auchan-Real deal was completed on September 12, 2013 following the agreement signed in November 2012 between Auchan and Metro Group, the owner of Real, and antitrust clearance from Romania’s Competition Council in July 2013.
Thus, Auchan Romania will have 31 hypermarkets in Romania, two units under construction, over 10,000 employees, three logistical platforms, 70 million clients a year and a turnover of more than RON4.5 billion. This makes it one of the top five private employers in Romania and the second largest retail network by sales area.