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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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
21 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The Dutch online groceries deliverer Picnic will take into operation a warehouse in Diemen (greater Amsterdam area) from the end of January 2018, generating employment for 300 persons and doubling its warehousing capacity. Expansion is required to allow the continuing business expansion into new cities in the Netherlands. It will be Picnic's third warehouse from which groceries are supplied for the at-home delivery of groceries by couriers. Additionally, the warehouse in Utrecht will also be expanded.
Sources
13 December 2017: distrifood.nl
13 December 2017: destadamersfoort.nl
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Picnic, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 92822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92822.
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