Auchan is set to gain full control over hypermarkets and shopping galleries in Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Baia Mare, Oradea, Satu Mare, Galati, Ploiesti, Bucharest, Constanta and Pitesti.
Auchan opened its 32nd store in Romania in December 2014 and is present in 18 cities. It also has a shopping center under development in Brasov. The retailer has more than 11,000 employees in Romania.
Auchan finished remodeling all former Real hypermarkets in the first half of the year in a EUR40 million investment. Counting the new hypermarkets, Auchan Romania ended 2013 with a turnover of RON4.6 billion, net of tax, more than double compared to 2012. In total, Auchan and Real had losses of EUR15 million last year.
Since 2006, when it opened its first Romanian hypermarket, Auchan invested over EUR300 million in the country.