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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
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Convenience store chain, Żabka Polska, announced that it plans to create 250 jobs at its fourth logistics centre, which will be located in Pruszcz Gdański. The centre is expected to be operational by April 2015 and the company will start the recruitment process in late December 2014.
Żabka was founded in 1998 and it operates in Poland and Czech Republic. Currently, the company has 2,800 units across Poland.
Sources
22 October 2014: Trójmiasto.pl
22 October 2014: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Żabka Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77862, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77862.
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