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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
1,400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 August 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Deelivers, a logistics company based in Vigo (Galicia) that provides services to various food delivery platforms (e.g., UberEats and Just Eat), plans to hire 1,400 employees by the end of 2022. The company had a turnover of around €4.3 million in 2020, and expects to end 2021 with €12 million in turnover and €20 million in 2022. According to the company, Deelivers currently has around 1,100 employees, 60% of them permanent. The company also provides supermarket and e-commerce last-mile delivery services.
Eurofound (2021), Deelivers, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 105281, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105281.
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