With the new opening, the Group reaches a 110-unit network in Romania.
The new unit is a food court type, being the 4th KFC restaurant in Pitesti, and generates 30 new jobs locally. It is the third KFC unit opened in 2025, after the opening of a drive thru unit in Galati and a restaurant within Mall Moldova Iasi.
KFC Romania earmarks an investment budget of RON54 million for 2025 for further expansion, the modernization of existing restaurants and continuing digitalization.
Starting with June 4, 2025, Sphera Franchise Group operates a total of 176 restaurants, which include 110 KFC restaurants in Romania, 3 in the Republic of Moldova and 18 in Italy, as well as 28 Pizza Hut restaurants, 16 Taco Bell restaurants, and one PHD subfranchise. The Group has some 5,000 employees.