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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 December 2023
Employment effect (start)
18 December 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
German supermarket and discounter chain Lidl plans to create 600 new jobs in Poland.
The increased employment is expected in shops, warehouses, and the Lidl Poland head office. The new jobs will be created by the end of 2024.
Currently, there are over 10,800 Lidl stores in 32 countries and more than 700 in Poland. Lidl has been operating since 2002 and employs about 27,000 people.
Previous business expansions were announced in September 2023, with 200 new jobs (Lidl-2023-PL), November 2022, with 1,400 jobs created (Lidl-2022-PL), March 2022, with 1,500 new jobs (Lidl-2022a-PL), February 2022, with 300 jobs created, (Lidl-2022b-PL), August 2021, with 500 jobs created (Lidl-2021-PL), February 2021, with 2,600 jobs created (Lidl-2021-PL).
Eurofound (2023), Lidl, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200666, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200666.
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