The first Tempo store, with 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft) of floor space, opened in Belgrade in 2004.
Three more Tempo Cash and Carry stores were built and opened in 2006: one in Niš and in Novi Sad with 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft) of floor space, and another one in Belgrade (Kvantaš) with 8,500 m2 (91,000 sq ft) of floor space respectively.
In June 2012, Marc Ernest Garofani was appointed Tempo's director.
Since August 2014, Maxi and Tempo is no longer operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The company Tropic Group from Banja Luka bought the 39 Tempo and Maxi supermarkets from Delhaize.