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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
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
5 February 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Due to the scaling down of expansion plans for 2015, Jerónimo Martins Polska, the owner of Biedronka (food retail chain), has announced that is going to reduce the number of employees by 130. The company is going to open now 100 instead of 300 stores. The collective dismissal programme will be introduced and the local trade unions have been already informed about this situation.
Jerónimo Martins Polska employs around 55,000 people. The company has 2,587 stores and 15 distribution centres across the country.
Sources
5 February 2015: Portal Spożywczy
6 February 2015: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Jerónimo Martins Polska, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 78290, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78290.
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