ZF: Billa wants to double its expansion pace next year

Billa network, the biggest player on the domestic supermarket market, plans to step up expansion next year, after having reached the highest number of store openings in one year since entering Romania at the end of 2009. „Year 2010 will see stepped-up expansion on the Romanian market, as we’re due to double the average growth pace of recent years,” Billa representatives stated.In the past three years, the retailer has opened 22 new stores, with the average annual expansion pace standing at seven.

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Financiarul: France’s ambassador: Romania starts being aware of agriculture importance

Romania must restructure its agriculture very well in order it could export its farm produce, during the years ahead, France’s Ambassador in Bucharest Henri Paul told Agerpres, on Tuesday.There are farm products, which Romania can export, depending on the season and the achievements of the local agriculture. In Romania, people start becoming aware of the importance of the agriculture, and this is a relatively new thing. Due to the communist mentality on the priority role the industry plays, the agriculture was not seen as the economy’s main branch.

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