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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
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 August 2022
Employment effect (start)
4 August 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
The German supermarket chain Lidl will increase its investment in the Portugal and €125 million will be allocated in the intervention in 19 units and the opening of six stores, which will lead to the recruiment of 120 workers.
Lidl has been established in Portugal since 1995. In 2022, the company Lidl Portugal employs more than 8,200 workers, distributed in more than 260 stores in Portugal.
Lidl belongs to the Schwarz group, the largest European retailer and one of the five largest retailers worldwide, which also includes the Kaufland chain.
Eurofound (2022), Lidl Portugal, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 107304, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107304.
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