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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
316 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
27 April 2021
Foreseen end date
31 July 2021
Description
The supermarket chain Tesco announced its plans to implement a collective dismissal programme which will cause 316 redundancies at its unit across Poland. Thes source reports that the cuts will affect 287 rank-and-files and 29 managerial roles. The restructuring programme will cover 6 shops across the country (Poznań, Lublin, Tarnowskie Góry, Kalisz, Głogów, Przemyśl). The programme will be carried out between 27 April and 31 July 2021, and the conditions of the redundancy programme will be negotiated with the local trade unions.
The restructuring programme is related to retailer's withdrawal from Poland. Tesco revealed that the decision was taken due to economic reasons. On 12 March 2021, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection issued an approval for the acquisition of 301 shops and 2 distribution centres by Salling Group.
Eurofound (2021), Tesco, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 104561, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104561.
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