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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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
7 February 2022
Foreseen end date
28 February 2022
Description
German discount supermarket chain Lidl announced that it will create 300 jobs at its new distribution centre in Dobroszyce in 2022. By the end of February 2022, the company is to recruit the staff, and the new warehouse is expected to be launched in fall 2022. Lidl is looking for warehouse staff, order pickers and recycling staff.
Eurofound (2022), Lidl, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106289, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106289.
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