Lidl

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
47 - Retail trade
47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
600 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2019
Foreseen end date

Description

German discount supermarket chain Lidl has announced that it will create about 600 new jobs at its stores across Poland. The company has also raised salaries by 9.2%.

Lidl operates in every member state of the European Union, except Latvia and Estonia. In Poland, the company has about 670 stores and 9 distribution centres, and employs over 17,000 people.

In 2018, the company announced three restructuring programmes: in April (500 new jobs), September (220 new jobs) and December (200 new jobs).

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Lidl, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97217, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/97217.