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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
29 February 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Billa, a supermarket chain owned by the German retail group Rewe, announced the intention to hire 500 people in 2012 as result of an investment of 20-25 million euros for the opening of 10 new stores.
Billa opened its first store in Romania in Bucharest in 1999.
Sources
28 February 2012: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Billa Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 73180, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73180.