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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
750 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
10 November 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain, is active in the Flemish part of Belgium since 2011. Since then 25 stores has been established in Belgium, employing 1,750 jobs. The aim is to increase the number of stores to 50 by the end of 2016 and to increase the total number of employees to some 2,500 by the end of 2015.
Sources
10 November 2014: VRT Nieuws
17 November 2014: De Financiële Telegraaf
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Albert Heijn, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 77887, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77887.
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