The unit, set for launch in winter, will be the company’s 18th store nationwide.
“For the first time since entering the Romanian market, 10 years ago, Selgros Cash & Carry builds a second store in a city,” the company said in a news release.
Works started in August, on a 40,000-sqm plot. The new unit will have a vending surface of some 10,000 sqm.
Selgros Cash & Carry is a member of Swiss TransGourmet Holding SE and one of Romania’s largest store chains, with overall sales of 3.2 billion lei (EUR750 million) and a net profit of RON100 million last year. (EUR1=RON4.2669)