Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Polish convenience store chain Dino has announced that it will create 150 jobs at its new logistic centre in Jastrowie near Piła in late June and early July 2016. Eventually, 350 jobs are expected to be created by July 2017. The company has already started a recruitment of managers; employees on other positions will be recruited in spring 2016. The company plans to invest PLN 45 million (EUR 10.51 million USD 11.68 million), and the centre will supply articles to about 200 Dino stores located in the northern part of the country. The chain was founded in 1999; it has over 350 stores across the country in 2015.
Eurofound (2016), Dino, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86724, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86724.
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