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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
5 April 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Carrefour, a French retailer, announced the creation of 200 new jobs for the Ukrainian refugees who wish to remain in Romania. The company plans to hire commercial workers in its nationwide network of hypermarket, supermarket and Supeco stores.
This action seeks to complement the efforts made by Carrefour to help Ukrainian refugees through donations and aid.
At the end of 2020, Carrefour had 10,523 employees in Romania.
Eurofound (2022), Carrefour, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 106578, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106578.
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