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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
22 September 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
According to press reports, the new established Greek subsidiary of the food delivery company Rocket announced on 22 September 2021 that it will create 500 new jobs by the end of 2021. The company will sign indefinite job employment contracts with its new distributors. From July 2021, when it appeared on the Greek market until today, the company has witnessed its volume of orders double in just two months and the its popularity is growing rapidly as a service which becomes available in more and more areas and suburbs of Athens.
Eurofound (2021), Rocket , Business expansion in Greece, factsheet number 105284, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105284.
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