This step is part of a broader process to improve the operational efficiency of the network and comes in a difficult economic context, with power price hikes, tax changes and a consumer spending slowdown.
The group estimates that the closure of the underperforming restaurants will have a positive impact on the operating profitability by eliminating recurring losses and optimizing the cost structure.
Management estimates that the closure of these underperforming units will have a positive impact on operating profitability by eliminating recurring losses and optimizing the cost structure.
“The decision is based on the evolution of the economic and consumer environment, impacted, starting July 2025, by the liberalization and increase of energy market prices, the adoption of new fiscal measures, the increase in the VAT rate, as well as a slowdown in private consumption driven by more cautious consumer behavior under the new economic conditions,” the group said in a report to the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
Although the financial results for the first six months of 2025 followed a favorable trajectory, the new economic context has generated additional pressure on costs and operating margins, Sphera Franchise Group representatives added.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)