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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Rewe international trade company based in Germany will invest 130 million euro in Poland in the next five years. Rewe will increase the number of Billa and Selgross supermarkets from 31 to 90 (the number of Billa supermarkets will have gone up from 22 to 70) by the end of 2010. Employment will rise by more than 1000 persons (at the moment Rewe Polska employs 5500 people).
Sources
15 September 2006: Gazeta Prawna
15 September 2006: Gazeta Wyborcza
15 September 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Rewe Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 64076, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64076.
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