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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco 46.37 - Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
The German retail chain Tchibo is expanding its logistics centre in the west bohemian city of Cheb and will create 350 new jobs in the middle of 2017. After Amazon, the Tchibo Distribution Centre is to be the second largest logistics hall in the Czech Republic and will start to service also other European countries. After completion, the total area of the buildings will be 73,000 m². In full operation, up to 40,000 shipments will leave the centre daily.
Sources
23 January 2017: MF Dnes
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Tchibo, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 90777, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90777.
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