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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
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
19 June 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Mega Image, part of the Belgian Delhaize international retail chain, is to close four stores in Pitesti and dismiss 100 employees. The closure is due to insufficient sales. In spite of the closure, the company said that it will continue the expansion of its network.
The company operates four stores in Pitesti (two Mega Image and two Shop&Go stores). Mega Image is the largest supermarket chain in Romania. Its network comprises 420 stores in Bucharest, Constanta, Ploiesti, Pitesti, Brasov, Targoviste and other cities, under the brands Mega Image (203), Shop & Go (214), Food Cool AB (1), Gusturi Romanesti (1) and Mega Drive (1).
Sources
19 June 2015: Evenimentul Zilei
19 June 2015: Gandul
19 June 2015: Jurnalul.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Mega Image, Closure in Romania, factsheet number 83838, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83838.
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