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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
20 June 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Convenience store chain Żabka Polska has announced that it will create 400 jobs at its fifth distribution centre in Szałsza near Gliwice, Poland. The centre, consisting of 25,000 m2, will supply articles to Żabka stores located in the southern part of the country.
Żabka was founded in 1998; it owns two retail chains (Żabka and Freshmarket) operating in Poland and Czech Republic. Currently, the company has over 5,000 units across Poland.
Sources
20 June 2018: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Żabka Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 94420, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94420.
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