Restaurant technology startup Choice has secured €6.6 million in new funding and is accelerating its expansion across CEE, including Romania, where it entered in 2025.
Premier Restaurants Romania, the operator of McDonald's in Romania, has reached a new milestone with the opening of its 110th restaurant, reaching a total headcount of over 7,000.
Flavours Group, an operator of event catering and premium restaurants within office buildings and educational institutions, has announced a 21.7% increase in year-on-year.
Romanians spent a combined €6.2 billion on dining out last year, a figure more than quadruple the amount spent a decade ago, with average spending at €830 per family in 2024, according to a Colliers report.
Nhood Services Romania has been selected to support the international expansion of the Romanian restaurant chain Spartan.
The investment in the restaurant in Brăila, opened on August 15, amounted to €350,000.
The new restaurant is franchised and located after the airport check-in area. In May, Hesburger announced its entry in Romania with the opening of a restaurant in Râmnicu Vâlcea.
City Grill Group restaurants are top destinations for Bucharest residents and beyond, being visited daily by nearly 20,000 customers.
Hidroelectrica has signed a contract for €8.7 million in non-reimbursable financing from the Modernisation Fund to implement a battery storage facility at the Porțile de Fier II hydroelectric plant.
Romania's annual inflation rate will increase and remain at higher levels than previously forecast during March-June 2026, according to the minutes from the National Bank of Romania's monetary policy meeting held in early April.
The Vega Ploiești Refinery, operated by Rompetrol Rafinare, has started producing hexane with a minimum purity of 60%, supporting polypropylene production and the food industry.
Romanian awareness of sustainable construction concepts reaches 86%, significantly above the European average of 69%, according to the barometer published by Saint-Gobain's Observatory for Sustainable Construction.
Romania's job market in Q1 2026 showed a significant imbalance between supply and demand, with applications on OLX Locuri de Muncă rising 10.6% to 2.62 million whilst total job postings dropped 43.1% to 41,221 compared to the same period in 2025.