Kaufland, the discount hypermarket network owned byLIDL&Schwartz group, is planning 80 million euros ininvestments for its second regional distribution centre, locatednear Turda. The first warehouse will be built by Baumeister,controlled by businessman Dan Adamescu, in one year.
The new logistic centre of Kaufland, the retailer with thebiggest investments made during this time of crisis, could create180 jobs at the German company, local authorities estimate.
This is the second distribution centre of the retailer, afterthe one opened in Ploie[ti five years ago, when it opened its firststores in Romania. The network currently includes 53 stores and hasthe biggest expansion budget in the retail sector for 2010, put at100 million euros.
Kaufland's initial plan announced in 2005 when it opened itsfirst hypermarkets was to develop the network to 50 stores. Thetarget was reached this year, but considering the retailer willhave two distribution centres in Romania in 2011, the new expansiontarget may be 100 hypermarkets.
The operator expanded its network with 8 hypermarkets outsideBucharest in the first half alone, following investments put atsome 70 million euros, and recruitment pace reveals that expansionin 2010 will continue with at least five or six new stores in thesecond half.
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