Gabriel Melniciuc, CEO of Spartan Group, one of the largest restaurant chains in Romania, with over 60 units under several brands, says a consumption decline can be felt, but the company will expand further and has bet on a new concept, Tyranosaur, based on chicken meat.
Ovidiu Placinta, the founder of carrier Express Euroscan based in Suceava, which bought another transportation business, Denis Spedition (Bucharest), as well as Germany-registered Denis Spedition Gmbh last year, has signed contracts with new clients and expect the group to post EUR35 million revenue by the end of 2025.
Rondocarton, a member of Austria’s Rondo Ganahl Group, one of the largest corrugated cardboard manufacturers, which operates three packaging plants in Romania, expects 2025 revenue to be the same as in 2024 and sees stagnation in 2026, as well.
eAWB, a Romanian startup that operates a courier service marketplace, has launched a mobile app available on Android and IOS, which integrates AI features to reduce the time it takes to ship a parcel to less than two minutes. The launch comes amid a fast-paced growth of the local parcel delivery market, which stood at 27% in 2024.
Romania's Competition Council is assessing the notified acquisition of some assets belonging to the company Farplas & Smart Solutions S.A.. by Delta Invest S.R.L..