03.12.2025

Nestlé is launching in Romania the new range of KitKat chocolate bars that are available in three variants - KitKat Double Chocolate, KitKat Salted Caramel and KitKat Hazelnut. more

01.07.2022

Leonidas chocolate shop network, present in Romania in a franchise system, will relocate the store of Radu Beller street of Bucharest on Calea Dorobantilor, in the same area. The opening is scheduled more

11.04.2021

Chocolate producer Kandia Dulce posted turnover worth almost RON140 million in 2020 and aims for an increase of around 16% in 2021. more

02.22.2021

Romanian chocolate brand Heidi, now held by Austria’s Meinl family via Kex Confectionery, has entered the heart of Vienna. more

04.18.2019

With a production of 34 million kilograms of chocolate in 2017, Romania ranked 12th in the European Union in this department, Eurostat data show. Romania’s chocolate production stood at EUR123 more

02.14.2018

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10.06.2017

Chocolate manufacturer Heidi, which has a plant in Pantelimon (Ilfov County, near Bucharest), will focus on boosting exports over the coming period, which have already reached 60% of its revenue. more

03.06.2017

Heidi Chocolat, a company held by Austrian Meinl family via Kex Confectionery, is the largest local chocolate exporter and sells its products to 50 countries. more

11.22.2016

Private labels of major retail chains took the top spot in chocolate sales in the first half, beating established brands like Milka, Poiana and Africana together, reveals a ZF analysis based on the more

10.01.2015

Heidi’s chocolate factory in Pantelimon, near Bucharest, should reach almost EUR30 million revenue by 2020, an increase of 50% on the current level. more

08.10.2015

Chocolate and sweets producer RapConfectionery based in Brasov County and controlled by local entrepreneur Radu Popeia, gained visibility on the market in 2009 when it started working for US-held more

06.15.2015

Mars Romania, the importer of Snickers, Twix, Bounty and Mars sweets brands, posted 213 million lei (EUR48 million) revenue in 2014, an increase of 6% on 2013, according to ZF’s calculations based more

06.12.2015

Mondelez Romania, the importer of Milka, Poiana and Jacobs, has climbed to the top spot on the sweets and coffee market by total sales, beating Nestle (Joe and Nescafe), ZF has calculated based on more

03.20.2015

Last year was a good one for Heidi Chocolat, the largest local chocolate exporter, which saw about 10% growth in revenue, largely because deliveries to foreign clients, says managing director Franco more

02.17.2015

Schogetten chocolate brand produced in Germany in 2013 registered sales worth some EUR22 million (around $30 million) in Romanian retail, according with ZF calculations based on Canadean data. more

01.01.2015

The year 2014 saw new investments in sweets plants in Romania and no significant mergers and acquisitions. The chocolate market grew this year, while ice cream sales suffered because of the bad more

11.20.2014

Mars Romania, a major player on the local sweets market, ended the first half of this year with profit worth some 9 million lei (EUR2 million), down by 14% in lei from the similar period of 2013, more

11.11.2014

Mondelez Romania, the local subsidiary of US group Mondelez, ended the first half of this year with revenue worth 327 million lei (EUR73.8 million), up 22% against the year-earlier period, according more

11.05.2014

Traditional retail will still hold a big weight in sales of certain product categories, even as modern retail continues to consolidate and grow in the area of proximity stores, believes Mihai more

09.10.2014

Mondelez Romania, the local subsidiary of the US group of the same name, which has chocolate brands Poiana and Milka, as well as Jacobs coffee in its portfolio, saw its revenue rise by 10% in 2013, to more

07.23.2014

Mondelez Romania, the owner of the Poiana chocolate brand, got the approval of the National Environment Protection Authority via Dorin Dinca, regional expansion manager of Lidl Discount, to “take more

07.18.2014

Heidi Chocolat, Romania’s biggest chocolate exporter, will focus on boosting exports in the coming period, a segment that now brings 50% of the company’s EUR17 million revenue, says Franco del more

06.16.2014

Rom chocolate bar brand, produced in Bucharest by Kandia Dulce, was in 2013 the best-selling one on this segment by number of pieces, overshooting US brand Snickers, the world’s leading chocolate more

06.02.2014

Ferrero Romania, the domestic subsidiary of Italy’s sweets producer, has in recent years become one of the largest players in the chocolate industry, with revenue of around EUR42 million in 2012, more

03.20.2014

The 140-year old Grivita brewery of Bucharest will become a real estate project, a former sweets plant in Brasov was acquired by Germany’s retailer Lidl and is to be turned into a store and hotel, more