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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale
199 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 June 2022
Employment effect (start)
10 June 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Gorillas, German retail service that delivers paid groceries in major cities across the country has announced it will close its Belgian division. In total around 199 people are facing dismissal. The international company management has stated that the company seeks to specialise in its main markets in Germany, France, The Netherlands and the UK and that the number of orders must be large enough to be profitable and this requires a large market.
Eurofound (2022), Gorillas, Closure in Belgium, factsheet number 106936, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106936.