“However, starting June, we’ve felt a consumption slowdown, which cut 1H growth to 17%. As a result, we revised our 2022 growth target vs 2021 to 15%,” said the manager.
Since the start of the year, the company has opened five new units in a franchise system and now operates a 23-unit network.
“On July 26, we will open a new unit in Adjud. For this year, we had planned to open six units, and with the new unit we are hitting our target, but we are also in talks with other potential partners and we are likely to open further stores by yearend,” added Dan Dodita.
In 2022, the company also built a new finite product warehouse in the plant near Barlad, which is already operational. At the same time, in a bid to offset the fallout of utility price increased, the company invested EUR250,000 in three electricity generation systems through photovoltaic panels.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)