Profi

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Profi
Proximity store
Industry Retail
Founded 1979
Headquarters Timisoara, Romania, formerly Belgium
Products Food and non-food
Slogan "Mai ieftin, mai bun, mai aproape" / “Cheaper, Better, Closer”
Website www.profi.ro

Profi is the second largest retail network in Romania, with 367 proximity stores in all the counties late in 2015, and plans to grow further at a rate of approximately 100 stores per year. It operates units in the Standard, City and Loco formats to best meet city and countryside circumstances alike and sell a range of more than 5000 quality products, both food and non-food.

Initially a discount supermarket owned by Louis Delhaize Group, it grew into a network spreading to several countries in Europe. The 67 supermarkets operated in Romania were bought in 2009 and further developed by Polish Enterprise Fund VI (PEF VI), a private equity fund administered by Enterprise Investors (EI).

Onetime Profi supermarkets can be found in:

Proximity store PROFI in residential area of Lupeni, a mining locality in Central Romania.
PROXI store in industrial town of Cugir, Romania
Country Number of supermarkets
 Belgium (all Belgian stores were rebranded as Smatch Supermarket) 61
 Hungary (many Hungarian stores were rebranded as Aldi, Penny Market, Coop and CBA), some of them have been closed 73
 Luxembourg (all Luxembourgish stores were rebranded as Smatch Supermarket) 14
 Romania (all Romanian stores were bought by Polish Enterprise Fund VI and kept under PROFI brand) 367 (in 2015)

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