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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 March 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Tesco, the largest retail company in the Czech Republic, plans to create up to 900 new jobs with the opening of new supermarkets across the country in 2011. The company currently employs approximately 14,500 people in the Czech Republic. Tesco reported the creation of 970 new jobs in 2010 and an increase in wages of shop assistants by 3.5% last year.
Sources
4 March 2011: Lidové Noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Tesco ČR, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 71679, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71679.