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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
13 April 2011
Employment effect (start)
14 April 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 14 April, French supermarket chain Carrefour opened a hypermarket in Opole where 120 people will be hired. The company expects to open some 300 smaller supermarkets near housing estates and at least 30 Carrefour Express stores across Poland throughout 2011.
Carrefour has been operating in Poland since 1997 and has 350 supermarkets and 44 petrol stations across the country.
Sources
13 April 2011: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Carrefour, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71997, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71997.
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