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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Esselunga, one of the leading Italian supermarket chains, will hire over 100 new workers to expand its business activities in several regions (Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Piemonte, Lazio, Liguria, Toscana and Lombardia).
The company is looking for various professional figures, among which cashiers, call centre operators for the customer service, operators of various sales departments (butchery, gastronomy, bakery, and so on) and sales point managers.
Currently, the company counts over 24,000 workers in Italy who are employed in more than 150 sales points across the country.
Eurofound (2020), Esselunga, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 101516, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101516.
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