Lidl

Type
Business expansion
Country
Finland
Region
Manner-Suomi; Helsinki-Uusimaa; Helsinki-Uusimaa
Location of affected unit(s)
Järvenpää
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
52.10 - Warehousing and storage
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2018
Foreseen end date
30 November 2018

Description

The German discount supermarket chain Lidl has announced that up to 200 new jobs will be created in a new logistics centre in Järvenpää, in Southern Finland. The company will offer a variety of jobs such as truck drivers, inbound merchandisers, recyclers and warehousing workers. Lidl promises to offer a competitive salary and good employment benefits in their job advertisements.

The recruitment of workforce starts in August and is expected to be finalised by autumn this year.

Lidl has some 5,200 employees in Finland.

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Lidl, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 94752, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/94752.