Billa

BILLA Bulgaria will donate BGN 100,000 to fight the coronavirus in the country as part of the charity campaign 'Together against the coronavirus', initiated by the Bulgarian Red Cross. The campaign is raising funds to support efforts by the National Operational Headquarters to address the epidemiological situation caused by the spread of COVID-19.

Large retail chains have reassured that no shortage of food and essential goods is expected due to the cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria. This was made clear by a message from the Modern Trade Association. Billa, Deichman, DM, Kaufland, Lidl, Pro market, Hippoland, Mr. Bricolage и T-Market are members of the Association.

BILLA Bulgaria ranks among the best companies in Europe in the prestigious Ones to Watch list for high business results. The ranking is part of the European Business Awards competition.

BILLA Bulgaria has strengthened its position as a leader in number of shops in the country with the opening of a new supermarket at a central location in Sofia. The chain now has 128 sites, 52 of which are in the capital. The new shop is located on Knyaz Alexander Dondukov Korsakov Blvd. №11, near the Serdika metro station.

Seven of the leading retail chains in Bulgaria have invested more than $ 3.8 billion and hired around 5,500 new employees in 2017. The bulk of these investments were aimed at expanding the network of Kaufland, Billa, Lidl, dm, METRO, T-Market and Deichmann on the Bulgarian market, according to a survey of the Modern Commerce Association, which includes the seven chains.

More than 50% of the goods in seven of the largest retail chains in Bulgaria are supplied by domestic producers, and in some categories, the share of the local production reaches 75%.

Competition among different large retail food chains in Croatia - both foreign and domestic - is not resulting in cheaper prices for consumers, Tanja Popovic Filipovic, head of the Centre for Educating and Informing Consumers told BIRN, after the Dutch company entered Croatian retail market.

Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) has launched a probe into a suspected cartel agreement between four foreign retail chains operating in the country.

In celebration of its 15th anniversary in Bulgaria and in order to reward the loyalty of its customers, BILLA is launching on Thursday a three-week period of promotional activities which will include numerous discounts and prize draws.

This was announced by the CEO of BILLA Bulgaria, Boyko Sachanski, at a press conference in Sofia on Wednesday.

Germany's supermarket group REWE said on Wednesday it will withdraw completely from discount business in Bulgaria with all PENNY stores ceasing to operate by the end of next month.