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Niedersachsen; Braunschweig; Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt
Location of affected unit(s)
Braunschweig
Sector
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.9 - Intermediation service activities for retail sale 47.91 - Intermediation service activities for non-specialised retail sale
128 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
25 September 2014
Foreseen end date
31 August 2015
Description
On 25 September 2014, food delivery service Delivery Hero announced to shut down its location in Braunschweig which will affect 128 staff. 47 employees will be dismissed immediately. The remaining 81 jobs will be cut in two further stages by August 2015. The company announced 50 jobs to be vacant in Berlin and clarified that applicants from Braunschweig will be given priority.
Delivery Hero is the operator of lieferheld and pizza.de and has over 10 percent market share of all food orders in Germany.
Sources
25 September 2014: gruenderszene.de
25 September 2014: Delivery Hero Press Release
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Delivery Hero, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 77721, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77721.