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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Discount supermarket chain Penny Market, which is part of the German Group Rewe, announced the creation of 150 new permanent jobs in the new logistics centre in Bacau (Bacau County). Construction of the site has begun and the recruitment will start this year. This new logistics facility will serve as a distribution hub for stores located in the East part of the country.
Penny Market opened the first discount store in 2005 and it currently operates 175 stores in Romania.
Sources
9 May 2016: businesscover.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Penny Market, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 87447, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87447.
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