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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
182 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
6 February 2009
Foreseen end date
5 November 2009
Description
Rimi Eesti Food, the food retail company, created 182 new jobs in 2009 in Estonia. In November 2009, the company announced the opening of its fourth store in Estonia which raised the number of jobs created in 2009 to 182. Earlier in 2009 new stores have been opened in Märjamaa (opened in February, 10 jobs), Valga (April, 22 jobs), Võru (June, 26 jobs) and in November in Tartu with 124 new jobs.
Rimi Eesti Food is the subsidiary of the Swedish Rimi Baltic AB, which is consolidated into the ICA Group from January 2007. Rimi Baltic AB has a total of 241 stores in the three Baltic States of which 77 are located in Estonia.
Eurofound (2009), Rimi Eesti Food, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 70026, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70026.
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