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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 October 2025
Employment effect (start)
31 October 2025
Foreseen end date
31 October 2026
Description
Lidl, the large German supermarket chain, is investing around HUF 50 billion in the construction of a new logistics centre near Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary. The investment will create 400 new jobs, mainly in administrative, logistical and technical roles. The company has already begun recruiting – for now, it is hiring administrators, inventory management specialists and forklift operators.
The centre is set to be completed by October 2026. Construction began in autumn 2024, and at 83,000 square metres it will be the company’s largest Hungarian logistics centre to date, and one of the most technologically advanced in Europe.
The investment will cost approximately €130 million.
Eurofound (2025), Lidl Hungary, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 203681, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203681.
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