At end-2021, Sibiu-based Scandia Food, held by the families of entrepreneurs Gaspar and Crestin, acquired the company Agra’s based in Alba Iulia from Dan Sarmasan and Ligia Sanda Stîncel. Agra’s specializes in meat processing and manufacturing of meat-based products. The transaction topped EUR10 million, according to estimates by Ziarul Financial (ZF). The acquisition of Agra’s enabled Scandia Food to expand its portfolio of products and the meat production and processing capacities on a group level, thus expanding the capabilities on the cold cuts segment.
Carniprod Tulcea holds a meat processing unit in Tulcea that currently processes 15 tons of meat daily and the maximum capacity reaches 40 tons daily. Carniprod sells its products in large store chains such as Metro, Auchan, Carrefour and Profi, but it also had a chain of 30 own stores before the pandemic that were located in the cities and towns of Tulcea, Bucharest, Constanta and Galati. At present, the company only has stores in the town of Tulcea.
The factory in Tulcea ended 2021 with a turnover of RON64 million (EUR13 million) and a profit of RON630,000, as compared to a turnover of RON70 million in 2020 and a profit of RON2.3 million, as per data publicly available on www.mfinante.ro.
Nicolae Ciuleac established Carni¬prod Tul¬cea over 20 years ago, alongside several partners who at that time used to work at the Tabco factory, a unit that belonged to Spain’s Campofrio Group. Ciuleac holds over 50% of the shares of Carniprod and was associated in the business with four other entrepreneurs.