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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 April 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Esselunga, one of the main supermarkets' chains in Italy, is to create 800 new jobs by the end of 2009 with the opening of seven new supermarkets. The job creation follows the positive economic and financial results achieved in 2008. Esselunga has around 18,700 employees in Italy.
Sources
16 April 2009: Il Sole 24 Ore
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Esselunga, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 68808, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68808.