Rompetrol opens first KFC restaurants in Romania

Under an agreement with Sphera, Rompetrol will open three KFC units at stations on the A1 highway.

Rompetrol opens first KFC restaurants in its network in Romania through a franchise system with Sphera Franchise Group.

KFC DT Pecica and KFC Orastie are two of the three restaurants that the company will operate within Rompetrol gas stations, all located on the A1 highway.

“Through this partnership, we mark a local premiere, as KFC is the first restaurant to operate in a Rompetrol gas station. It is representative of the Sphera business philosophy of continuous development including through new restaurant formats or territories that we can explore,” said Calin Ionescu, CEO of Sphera Franchise Group.

The two new restaurants are the 96 and 97 restaurants in the KFC network. The next KFC unit located at a Rompetrol station will open soon.

Sphera Franchise Group, the holding owning the companies that operate in a franchise system the KFC brand on the local market, expands its restaurant network and marks a local premiere, inaugurating the first units in gas stations through a partnership with Rompetrol.