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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 December 2013
Employment effect (start)
10 December 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Discount supermarket chain Lidl is to hire 150 employees in Rungis (Val-de-Marne). Recruitment will mainly aim at managers, technicians and administrative staff.
The measure follows the company’s decision to relocate its operational and purchasing centre from Strasbourg to Rungis. If it can be implemented fully, then the transfer will result in the relocation of 280 workers to Rungis.
Lidl employs about 25,000 staff working in 1,500 shops in France.
Sources
10 December 2013: LSA
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Lidl, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 76321, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76321.
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