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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
25 June 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Ausrtian food retailer Spar has announced the recruitment of 200 additional employees at their premises in Vienna and Lower Austria. While the company's retail stores provide jobs in various fields, the company has underlined employees in the deli departments as particularly important. Spar provides training on the job and dedicaded apprenticeship stores for lateral recruits and career jumpers. Advanced training programmes offer various ways for career development.
With 42,000 employees all over Austria, Spar claims to be the biggest private employer in Austria.
Eurofound (2021), Spar, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 106382, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106382.
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