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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
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
28 April 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
The Danish supermarket chain COOP will dismiss 100 employees who work at its headquarters in Albertslund, Copenhagen. Because of the rising prices in transport, energy and consumer goods due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the war in Ukraine, the company needs to cut costs.
COOP is a company with several supermarket chains and one of the largest retail companies in Denmark. Currenly, the company has 16,900 employees.
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