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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
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
British global retailer Tesco announced it plans to create 140 new jobs in Ostrołęka. The new hypermarket will be opened on 29 May 2014. The company will start recruiting in April 2014.
Tesco has been operating in Poland since 1992 and currently operates over 450 stores in the country and employs nearly 30,000 people.
Eurofound (2014), Tesco, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76626, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76626.
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