HotNews.ro run a research within three Romanian Diasporas to find out which Romanian products sell well on the international market. Germany, Italy and Great Britain relate differently with Romanian products. HotNews.ro invites you to discover the Romanian products that made it on the European markets.
Germany bears a story
Young Romanians from Germany are well acquainted with the way Eugenia biscuits taste. They relate it to stories dating since communist times, about interminable queues and chocolate bootlegging, told by grandparents.
In Mix-Markt store from Reutlingen, one can discover shelves dedicating their space to Romanian products: bacon and beans served in a can. It’s a taste that the Germans could not replicate and that sells well. Mix-Markt is a retail chain that sells international food. The company dates from 1997, when the „belay repatriates”, such as sasi and svabi minorities from Romania, decided to return to Germany and start a business there.
Except local food, the store also sells East European products. "There is a hunger for Ost-Kost, meaning for Eastern products ", a store manager from Herrenberg says. Made in RO gastronomic memories shelves expose home-made chocolate, specific meat products, maize flour, marmalade mustard and Eugenia biscuits and other sweets.
Which Romanian products do Romanians discover overseas?
Rodica found the Germans from Heidelberg appreciate Romanian red wines, pickles and tomatoes. Simon discovered Romanian smoked bacon in one Spanish supermarket, sold for 11 euro per kilo. He was glad to see locals buying it. Gabriela travels a lot through Europe. She found Romanian cosmetic products in hypermarkets, branded ASIL COSMETICS Romania. Lucian buys meat products and sun-flower seeds from London, at a high price. He calls the Romanian food products available in London
