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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
4,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 April 2011
Employment effect (start)
14 April 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
On 14 April 2011, the Portuguese retailer Jeromino Martins, which operates through the Biedronka chain store in Poland, announced plans to create 4,000 jobs in 2011. The company has been making high profits and it expects sales to increase by 30% in 2011.
In 2010, Biedronka hired additional 2,500 people across Poland (about 80% of workforce is female and the average age is 32 years).
Jeromino Martins has been operating in Poland since 1995. The company has 1658 stores in 700 Polish cities and 9 distribution centres across the country and employs overall 30,000 people.
Sources
14 April 2011: Dla handlu ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Jeromino Martins, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 72071, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72071.
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