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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
135 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
The discount food retail chain Hofer, part of the German Aldi group, is to expand its Austrian headquarters in Sattledt, thereby creating 135 jobs. Most of the newly created jobs will lie in the highly qualified segment. The planned investments lie in the "high two-digit million" amount, according to the company's CEOs Mr Dold and Mr Helm. Hofer, an independent subsidiary of Aldi Süd, has a turnover of €3.6 billion with some 7,000 employees in Austria. Currently, the company has 440 retail stores; in the medium term, this number is to increase to about 500. The headquarters in Sattledt are also responsible for the stores in Switzerland, Slovenia and Hungary.
Eurofound (2013), Hofer, Internal restructuring in Austria, factsheet number 75988, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75988.
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