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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
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
19 April 2022
Foreseen end date
30 September 2022
Description
Polish discount supermarket chain Biedronka - owned by the Portuguese Jeronimo Martins - is to open a new distribution centre in Stawiguda, near Olsztyn, Poland, and plans to hire 500 people there. The building is currently under construction but will be opened in the third quarter of 2022. The recruitment process has already begun, and the company is looking for warehousemen, engineers, and quality controllers.
Jeromino Martins has been operating in Poland since 1995. The company has 3,154 stores in over 1,100 Polish cities. The company provides employment for approximately 70,000 employees.
Eurofound (2022), Biedronka, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106677, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106677.
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