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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German discount supermarket chain Lidl has announced that it will create 220 jobs at its new distribution centre in Gródków, Silesian Voivodeship. The logistic centre is expected to be operational in February 2017. The company plans to invest PLN 119 million (EUR 27.1 million USD 31 million) in the  construction of the 45,000 square metres facility.
Currently, the company has over 500 stores and 8 distribution centres across Poland and employs about 15,000 people.Â
Sources
20 June 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Lidl, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87979.
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