July 4 (SeeNews) - Supermarket chain operator Billa Bulgaria, part of Germany's REWE Group, said on Thursday that it has opened its 52nd store in Sofia and 128th in the country.
Billa Bulgaria will continue opening new stores at the same pace, both through organic growth and acquisitions, Norbert Missbrandt, manager of Billa Bulgaria, said in a statement.
The company's new store in Sofia offers a retail area of 599 sq.m. and employs 22 people.
Earlier this year, the company said that it will invest over 34 million levs ($19.5 million/ 17.4 million euro) in expansion and renovation of its network in 2019.
Billa, which entered the Bulgarian market in 2000, operates stores in 38 cities across the country.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)