Romania Hypermarche, the company that operates the Cora hypermarket chain opened, its 9th store in the country in Bacau. It is the first store opened by the French retailer this year and it will be followed by another opening this month in Bucharest.
The Bacau hypermarket has a sales surface of about 8,000 sqm and will employ 300 people.
Romania Hypermarche opened its last local hypermarket in Arad in October 2011 following a €5m investment. Last year Romania Hypermarche reported a turnover of RON 1.37bn (€312m), which is similar to the levels it reported in 2010.