Petrom stations across the entire country now have MyAuchan stores
- The number of MyAuchan convenience stores in Petrom’s network reached almost 400
- Residents in 250 localities across the country and all drivers in transit can refuel and shop in one stop
- Joint investment of over EUR 50 million by the two companies
October 30, 2023 – OMV Petrom and Auchan Retail Romania have completed the nationwide installation of almost 400 MyAuchan convenience stores in Petrom stations. The project was completed one year earlier than initially estimated. The integration of MyAuchan stores was carried out simultaneously with the modernization of Petrom stations.
To mark the completion of the project, between November 1st and 30th, 2023, a promotional campaign for customers will be organized in all Petrom stations with MyAuchan stores, with discounts for food products and consumer products and also a raffle with cash prizes. Every day, 10 prizes worth RON 500 will be drawn.
Radu Căprău, member of OMV Petrom's Executive Board, responsible for Refining and Marketing: "Petrom is the leading Romanian brand in the mobility area, which offers the best value for money. The successful completion of this project supports our long-term ambition to maintain this leading position and to further develop our offer of services and products, at the best price. The two teams managed in a record time of three years to set up almost 400 MyAuchan stores. And we’re not stopping here: together with our partner Auchan, we will continue to think of initiatives to the benefit of our customers".
Ionuț Ardeleanu, General Manager Auchan Retail Romania: We are delighted to successfully complete this innovative and unique project, through which we have created genuine convenience stores, offering Romanians a new experience and the opportunity to save time by fueling and shopping in one stop. We thank our partners from OMV Petrom and Auchan teams for the extraordinary things done together and for the excellent collaboration in recent years. We thank the customers who visited our stores for their loyalty, because they appreciated the new stations and MyAuchan stores inside. I congratulate the Auchan and OMV Petrom teams for the way they completed the refurbishment of the stations in record time."
MyAuchan stores in Petrom stations offer customers a wide range of up to 1,500 essential products for everyday consumption. This includes both immediate consumption and products to be enjoyed at home, fresh and frozen products, drinks, coffee, salty appetizers, sweets, grocery and non-food products such as cosmetics, toys, children's products and car accessories. Moreover, over 70% of the stores also include Costa Coffee dedicated areas, as part of a broad partnership that involves the integration of this concept at national level. In addition to the wide range of products, customers can also benefit from a number of useful services in MyAuchan stores, such as the possibility to pay tolls/bridge and vignettes, money transfer services and utility payments.
About OMV Petrom – Auchan Retail Romania partnership
The cooperation between OMV Petrom and Auchan Retail Romania, a new concept for the Romanian market, began in 2017 with a pilot phase in which MyAuchan convenience stores were opened in Petrom filling stations, both in urban and rural areas in Romania. In this phase, the aim was to test the business model and evaluate the potential of this collaboration.
In February 2019, OMV Petrom and Auchan Retail Romania signed a Memorandum of Understanding to analyze the expansion of the collaboration into a long-term partnership.
About OMV Petrom
OMV Petrom is the largest integrated energy company in South-Eastern Europe, with an annual Group hydrocarbon production of approximately 43 million boe in 2022. The Group has a refining capacity of 4.5 million tons annually and operates an 860 MW high-efficiency power plant. The Group is present on the oil products retail market in Romania and neighboring countries through approximately 780 filling stations under two brands – OMV and Petrom.
OMV Petrom is a company in which Romanian shareholders hold over 42% of the shares (of which the Romanian state, through the Ministry of Energy, holds 20.7%, and 21.7% are owned by pension funds in Romania, to which are added almost 500,000 individual investors and other Romanian entities). OMV Aktiengesellschaft, one of the largest listed industrial companies in Austria, holds a 51.2% stake in OMV Petrom, and the remaining 6.4% are held by other foreign investors. Of the total shares of OMV Petrom, 28.1% represents the free float on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
OMV Petrom is the largest contributor to the state budget, with approximately 39 billion euro in taxes and dividends paid between 2005 and 2022. During the same period, the company invested approximately 17 billion euro. In 2022, the taxes paid by OMV Petrom ensured 7% of Romania's tax revenues.
Since 2007, OMV Petrom has included corporate responsibility principles into its business strategy. Between 2007 and 2022, the company has allocated around 120 million euro to develop communities in Romania, focusing on environmental protection, education, health, and local development.
On July 29th, 2020, OMV Petrom announced its support for the recommendations issued by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) regarding risks and opportunities on climate change. OMV Petrom annually reports on the progress made in implementing these recommendations.
About Auchan
Auchan Romania has in its portfolio over 440 stores, including 33 hypermarkets, 7 supermarkets and 404 MyAuchan ultra-proximity stores, of which almost 400 in Petrom stations, as well as the online store auchan.ro. With a tax turnover in 2022 of over 1.2 billion euros, Auchan offers the inhabitants of the cities where its stores are present a modern, quality trade with the widest ranges of products and a responsible discount concept, with all low prices, every day. Auchan Romania is Customers' Friend certified and received the status of Customers' Friend - Superior Excellence, as well as the Top Employer certification in 2023.
On www.auchan.ro, Auchan presents cca 60,000 products, customers having the opportunity to take possession of orders placed online, either by picking up from the store - Click&Collect, from the store parking lot - Auchan Drive, or by home delivery via FAN Courier.
Auchan Romania carries out a series of important actions to promote social responsibility activities and integration of young people, as well as programs to protect the environment aimed at managing waste, saving resources, etc. Among the projects that the company carried out are the planting of 100,000 trees through the Mobilizatron project, the production of the film "Untamed Romania", the first documentary about Romania's nature, as well as the setting up of two medical support units for patients with non-critical forms of Covid- 19. Currently, Auchan has several active projects: Zero Waste (through which more than 16 million products were saved), the National Oil Collection Program (through which it collected and recycled almost one million liters of oil), the Personal Sustainability, as well as many other actions aimed at helping the environment and society.