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Melilla, Camargo (Cantabria), Bilbao (Basque Country), Madrid and Bétera (Community of Valencia)
Sector
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
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2023
Employment effect (start)
5 October 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
German supermarket chain Aldi has announced the opening of 5 new supermarkets in Spain during October 2023, specifically in Melilla, Camargo (Cantabria), Bilbao (Basque Country), Madrid and Bétera (Community of Valencia). The company is aiming to hire more than 600 new employees until the end of 2023.
Aldi is currently engaged in an expansion plan to consolidate its presence in Spain, particularly in some key areas such as Madrid, the North of Spain and the Mediterranean Coast. Until the end of the year, Aldi is seeking to have a total of 7,600 employees in Spain, around 15% more than in 2022.
Previous factsheets were recorded for Aldi in Spain in the ERM events database, with an announced creation of 600 and 1000 jobs in 2022 Aldi-2022-ES and Aldi-2022-ES, a creation of 1000 jobs in 2021 Aldi-2021-ES and a creation of 800 jobs in 2020 Aldi-2020-ES.
Eurofound (2023), Aldi, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 200365, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200365.
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