Plans for the development were announced yesterday at the opening of Spar’s latest store in Budapest, a 600 square-meter unit created through an investment of HUF 260 million. Developments would include the modernization of 26 stores in Hungary, said communications director Márk Maczelka, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. 

Spár Hungary employs more than 13,000 workers in the country, MTI noted. Last year it had HUF 488.2 bln turnover and is targeting HUF 500 bln turnover for 2016, according to the news agency.