Diet Center opens in Bucharest

The diet center has 100-120 customers a day at the moment but 150-200 are expected daily starting mid-2010, after the opening of a terrace. The center provides professional consultations and personalized solutions for various nutritional problems, catering for various events, specialized programs for athletes, vegetarians, and mothers, and cakes for special occasions. Customers can take out subscriptions which include nutrition consultations and free delivery of the recommended meals. Three new diet food stores will be opened in 2010 in either malls or business centers. The shareholders are companies IBS and WEA Offshore (represented by Wissam Abboud) and two Romanian citizens of Lebanese origin: Jihad Abboud and Riad Hijalcenter. So far, the total investment has been around EUR 800,000. Investments in the next two years will reach EUR 1 million.

 Diet Center: 85C Nicolae Caramfil, sector 1, www.dietcenter.ro