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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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
German supermarket chain Kaufland announced it plans to create about 1,000 jobs across Poland by the end of 2014.
Kaufland is a part of Schwarz group and it operates in Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Kaufland has been operating in Poland since 2001. Currently the supermarket chain has over 150 stores across the country.
A smaller scale business expansion (100 new jobs) in Poland was announced in 2011.
Sources
7 February 2014: Dla handlu
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Kaufland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76629, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76629.
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