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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 November 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Supermarket chain Carrefour is to open a new store in Ferrol (Galicia) and create 200 jobs.
The company is recruiting exclusively unemployed workers from the closer area of Ferrol. Together with the city council, Carrefour had offered preparational courses in order to train future staff.
Carrefour group is based in France, operating 173 hypermarkets and 229 supermarkets in Spain so far.
Sources
21 October 2013: La voz de Ferrol
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Carrefour, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 76065, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76065.