April 12 (SeeNews) - Billa Bulgaria, the local arm of supermarket chain Billa owned by Germany's REWE Group, said on Friday that it will open a new store in Sofia-based shopping mall Paradise Center on April 17.
The new store will be Billa's 126th in the country, the company said in a statement.
Earlier this month, Billa Bulgaria said that it will invest over 34 million levs ($19.5 million/ 17.4 million euro) in 2019 in the opening of new stores and renovation of existing ones. Its plans include opening new stores in Sofia-based shopping centres The Mall and Paradise Center, the company said at the time.
The company currently operates 125 stores in 38 Bulgarian cities.
Billa Bulgaria has opened one new store so far this year, following six launches last year.
Billa entered the Bulgarian market in 2000.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)