French Bakery chain Paul has opened the third bakery shop in Romania, within AFI Palace Cotroceni. The shop required a EUR 400,000 investment. It covers 170 sqm and has a capacity of 80 seats.

The bakery chain entered the Romanian market in 2008. It has opened units in Dorobanti square in Bucharest and in Baneasa Shopping City.

In France, Paul, which was set up in 1889, runs a network of 360 bakeries and pastry shops in the country. The bakery chain is present in 25 countries in the world. The Romanian network runs through a franchise contract.