02.13.2023

Kaufland, one of the biggest actors in modern retail in Romania, is among the top exporters of food in 11 categories, to be precise, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INS) more

02.08.2023

Agra's Alba Iulia, a company owned by Romania's leading canned food company Scandia Food, has completed the acquisition of the cold cuts producer Carniprod Tulcea. The main shareholder of Carniprod more

01.11.2023

Scandia Food, leader of the meat-based canned food market and a famed player in the local food industry, may fully acquire the company Carniprod Tulcea, one of Romania's leading meat processors held more

12.22.2022

The majority of Romanians spent less on food products in 2022 and cut down on their savings and investments, according to the latest Future Consumer Index survey conducted by EY Romania experts at the more

11.17.2022

Grants of up to EUR500,000 will be extended to Romanian firms that process grain, oilseeds and milk under a scheme approved by the Government through an emergency ordinance on November 17. more

10.05.2022

Fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's Romania ended the first half of this year with EUR136.6 million revenue, almost 25% higher than the same period in 2021. By comparison, inflation in the first more

09.30.2022

Canned food manufacturer Prefera Food, owner of the "Unfished", "Capricii si Delicii" and "de Azi" brands, with bonds listed on the Stock Exchange, announced a net profit of RON27.6 million in the more

09.21.2022

The pet food and accessories market in Romania appears to be immune to the looming economic crisis, as specialist retailers continue development, even doing it at a fast clip, and when it comes to more

09.08.2022

Fressnapf, Europe’s leading company on the pet food and accessories market, has opened one of its first stores in Romania, in Bucharest in Drumul Taberelor shopping center. The company plans to more

08.24.2022

Romanian entrepreneur Mihai Miron, who controls Ropharma group, a major player on the pharma market, as well as Sf. Constantin hospital of Brasov, sold the dairy plant of Baru, Hunedoara, to Lacto more

07.28.2022

Artur Cirjevski, CEO of Food Union Group in Europe, a group that owns Alpin 57 Lux, a maker of ice cream, frozen vegs and bakery products, says the group has carried out large investments in Romania more

07.04.2022

Scandia Food, leader of the canned food market, in 2022 targets RON439 million turnover, up 14% year-on-year. more

07.01.2022

Verdino Green Foods, a start-up which makes pea protein-based foods, has taken over two plant-based brands from Prefera Foods. These are Unfished and Green Course, the former active in the fish more

06.06.2022

Agroland Business System (AG.RO), the Romanian retail, agriculture and food entrepreneurial group which owns the largest network of agricultural stores in Romania, has obtained nearly EUR120,000 in more

04.19.2022

Pilis Food, a company founded by Romanian entrepreneur Puiu Elisei, has acquired the local bankrupt mushroom compost plant East Champion Union Cooperativa Agricola. more

04.04.2022

Cartofisserie, the company operating the fast-food restaurant chain of the same name, reached RON36 million turnover in 2021, double the 2020 level. more

01.27.2022

Modern food retailers in Romania target some 600 new store openings and relocations in 2022, which means the universe of local hypermarkets, supermarkets, modern convenience stores, discount and cash more

01.06.2022

Raul Ciurtin, founder of Prefera Foods, a major player on Romania’s canned food market, plans to bolster the value of exports, now weighing 4% in turnover, to 30% of total revenues. more

12.20.2021

Scandia Food, Romania’s biggest canned food company, controlled by entrepreneur families Gaspar and Crestin, acquired Alba Iulia-based Agra’s from Dan Sarmasan and Ligia Sanda Stincel. more

12.07.2021

Over the past decade, Romania’s food industry has seen several tens of plants close down, but no investment from scratch, of over EUR50 million, carried out by a multinational in a production unit. more

12.06.2021

Store chain Profi, owned by investment fund Mid Europa Partners, in the first 11 months of this year opened 154 new stores, with most of them, around half, under the Loco format destined to rural more

12.03.2021

Valcea-based healthy food producer SanoVita, founded in 1995 by three entrepreneurs, ended the first nine months of this year with 12% higher revenues and expects to hit RON85 million turnover in more

12.02.2021

Health food delivery startup LifeBox is moving operations to a new production facility in the Apaca Complex in western Bucharest and has allocated a total investment of EUR900,000 for it. more

11.18.2021

Alexandra Copos de Prada, the daughter of businessman George Copos and Cristiana Copos, settled in London but involved in the development of store network ANA Pan, says the pandemic has brought a lot more

11.15.2021

E-commerce in 2020 came to account for around 1% in total food and consumer goods sales in Romania. Against a market of around EUR20 billion, online sales can be put at some EUR200 million in 2020, more