Retailer real, - Hypermarket, part of Metro Group, has reached a level of investments of EUR 550 million in the five years since it entered the Romanian market, the retailer has announced. It currently runs a network of 25 stores in 18 cities. 2010 was the first year when real, - Hypermarket reported a positive operating profit on the Romanian market.

real, - Hypermarket store network sells approximately 70,000 food and nonfood products from 1,700 suppliers, out of which 90 percent are from Romania.

real, - began a process of remodeling stores in Constanta, Pitesti, Craiova and Timisoara. The stores received upgrades with an investment which amounted to about EUR 500,000 per store. In the near future, the process of modernization will be expanded to other real,- stores, the retailer has announced.

Corina Saceanu, corina@romania-insider.com

(photo source: real, - Hypermarket)