Delaco’s Q1 business worth €14 mln

Last year, Delaco reported net sales of some €38 mln, and forecasts turnover of no less than €60 mln in 2008, said Comaniciu.

The internal dairy and cheese market is estimated to be worth some €1 billion, about 20 percent higher year-on-year, according to market players. Main competitors on this market are Friesland, Danone, Albalact, Delaco, La Dorna and Covalact. Delaco claims some 12 percent of the internal cheese market share, said the company’s General Manager.

Established in 1996, the Delaco company was specialized in fresh dairy. As of 2000, it began focussing on the distribution of cheeses and other dairy products from Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands and Romania. Since 2007, Delaco is the sole distributor of German producers of Zott and Bergader cheeses.

Delaco produces traditional cheeses, ultra high temperature (UHT) milk, and cheese specialities and snacks, with the largest share of company sales for white and hard cheeses. Some 65 percent of Delaco products are distributed through hypermarkets and supermarkets.

The consumption of milk in Romania is the lowest in the European Union, at 5.4 kilograms of fresh milk per capita annually, compared to 33.6 kg in Germany, 33.7 kg in France, and 16.2 kg in Bulgaria, according to data supplied by Danone Romania.