{"id":127758,"date":"2026-07-23T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/simigeria-petru-seeks-an-investor-for-expansion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:42:28","slug":"simigeria-petru-seeks-an-investor-for-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/simigeria-petru-seeks-an-investor-for-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Simigeria Petru seeks an investor for expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs Cosmin Drago\u015f Manca\u015f and Radu Bejan, who control Simigeria Petru, one of the most extensive pretzel shop chains in Romania, are exploring attracting an investment fund to scale the business, according to market sources cited by Ziarul Financiar.<\/p>\n<p>Radu Bejan, who holds 5% of the shares and serves as general manager, specified that the shareholders have not sold the company and have not concluded any agreement to this effect. He mentioned that any future changes at the shareholder or management level will be officially communicated to partners, clients, and employees. The remaining 95% of the shares are controlled by Cosmin Drago\u015f Manca\u015f.<\/p>\n<p>The first unit was opened in September 2009 in Ia\u015fi, with the network subsequently expanding to cities such as Piatra Neam\u0163, Timi\u015foara, and Bra\u015fov. Currently, the Simigeria Petru group includes 73 stores, operates a franchise system, has 800 employees, and records an average of 650,000 monthly clients.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Is Simigeria Petru being sold?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No agreement has been signed to sell the company, but the owners are exploring attracting an investment fund to scale the business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who owns Simigeria Petru?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cosmin Drago\u015f Manca\u015f holds 95% of the shares, while Radu Bejan holds 5% and serves as the general manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How large is the Simigeria Petru network today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The network includes 73 stores, employs 800 people, operates a franchise system, and serves an average of 650,000 customers per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs Cosmin Drago\u015f Manca\u015f and Radu Bejan, who control Simigeria Petru, one of the most extensive pretzel shop chains in Romania, are exploring attracting an investment fund to scale the business, according to market sources cited by Ziarul Financiar. Radu Bejan, who holds 5% of the shares and serves as general manager, specified that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":127705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2857],"tags":[5533],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-127758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transactions","tag-simigeria-petru"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":[{"title":"zf.ro | 19.07","post_source_url":"https:\/\/www.zf.ro"}],"post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tranzactii-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127758"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=127758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}