Plus brings store network to 103 with two new openings

Discounter Plus has opened two new stores with an investment of EUR 3 million. The new discounter stores are in Cluj and in Slobozia. The new openings brings the Plus network in Romania at 103 stores. Plus has been expanding in Romania for the last couple of years and it plans to further grow its network to cities of over 15,000 inhabitants. The Plus network is operated by Pludi Market, part of German network Tengelmann. The company posted a turnover of EUR 308.5 million last year in Romania, according to Romania Insider's Top 100 companies in Romania report. The discounter increased its turnover by 11 percent on 2008. However, the company posted a loss of EUR 15.1 million, according to its financial results last year.