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Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German supermarket chain Kaufland has announced that it will create 250 jobs at its new distribution centre in Bydgoszcz. The centre is expected to be operational in February 2017. The facility will supply articles to 67 Kaufland stores located in the northern part of the country.
Kaufland is a part of Schwarz group and operates in Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Kaufland has been operating in Poland since 2001. Currently the supermarket chain has about 200 stores across the country.
Sources
13 January 2017: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Kaufland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 89761, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89761.