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Paredes (Porto), Coruche (Santarém), Largo do Rato (Lisboa), Arroios (Lisboa), Vila Pouca de Aguiar (Vila Real), Gafanha de Nazaré (Aveiro), Alcácer do Sal (Setúbal), Arganil (Coimbra), Bolhão (Porto), Fajões (Oliveira de Azeméis), Oliveira de Frades (Viseu), São Pedro da Cova (Gondomar), Alcanena (Santarém), Leça da Palmeira (Matosinhos), Pousada de Saramagos (Vila Nova de Famalicão) e Pevidém (Guimarães).
Sector
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
512 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 November 2023
Employment effect (start)
22 November 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Continente Bom Dia Portugal (Group SONAE MC) will open 16 new local supermarkets by the end of 2023. With an investiment of €35 million, the Group will create 512 jobs.
In total SONAE MC group has more than 180 local supermarket in Portugal with eight thousand workers. The new supermarkets will be located in different regions in Portugal - Norte, Alentejo, Centre and Lisboa e Vale do Tejo.
The supermarkets have a joint investment in 9,530 photovoltaic panels, with 4.8 Megawatt-hours (MWh) of installed power and 33 charging places for electric vehicles.
Eurofound (2023), Continente Bom Dia, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 200606, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200606.
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