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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
9 June 2022
Employment effect (start)
9 June 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
The Romanian subsidiary of the German discount supermarket chain Lidl announced that 100 new jobs will be created at its Fundeni warehouse (Calarasi County). The new jobs are for forklift operators and warehouse workers. Lidl has 300 stores and 5 logistics centres in Romania. In 2022, Lidl intends to expand its self-check-out service across its stores. The retailer is also testing a new store format and will open its sixth logistics centre near Bucharest.
As of January 2022, Lidl has a workforce in Romania of approximately 10,000. Lidl operates in 32 countries worldwide, has over 11,200 stores and 160 logistics centres. Last year the company advertised 2,000 new jobs.
Eurofound (2022), Lidl, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 106935, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106935.
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