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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
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2019
Description
German discount supermarket chain Lidl has announced that it will create about 220 jobs at its new distribution centre in Kałuszyn near Mińsk Mazowiecki. The company is looking for warehouse employees, managers and administrative staff. Special training for all hired employees will be provided by the company. The centre is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2019 and will supply articles to Lidl stores located in the eastern part of the country.
Lidl operates in every member state of the European Union, except Latvia and Estonia. In Poland, the company has over 600 stores and 9 distribution centres.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Lidl, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 95366, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95366.
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