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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Portugese food retail company Jerónimo Martins, owner of the Biedronka store chain, has announced that it will open a new logistics centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski and thereby create 250 jobs. The unit is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2017.
Jerónimo Martins has been operating in Poland since 1995 and employs an estimated 47,000 people in the country. The company has about 2,500 stores and 15 distribution centres across Poland.
Sources
20 July 2017: Dla handlu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Jerónimo Martins, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91549, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91549.
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