The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation
2,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 July 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Picnic, an online supermarket delivery service, is looking for 2,000 new employees in order to serve its 50,000 potential customers, who are on the company’s waiting list. The positions include drivers for the electric carts, which are used for delivering the groceries, software developers and workers in the distribution centres. The recruitment process is under way, but there is no information available on when it will be completed. Picnic also operates in Germany and according to a spokesperson for the company, it is expected to serve 70 locations by the end of 2018.
Previous restructurings took place in 2017 (300 jobs created in Diemen and 120 jobs created in various cities in the Netherlands).
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Picnic, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 95575, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95575.
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