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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
425 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
21 January 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish premium supermarket chain Alma Market has announced that it will cut 425 jobs via collective dismissal programme. This is the third wave of collective dismissal within the chain since September 2016; as a result of two dismissal programmes 1,679 jobs were cut in fall 2016. Now, the restructuring programme, approved by the court, is also associated with the company’s plans to shut down unprofitable shops across Poland and reduce the employment in the head office.
Alma Market was founded in 1995; currently, the company has 10 stores and employs about 1,396 workers across the country.
Sources
21 January 2017: Wiadomości Handlowe
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Alma Market, Bankruptcy in Poland, factsheet number 89864, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89864.
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