Tesco to open new location in Ruda Slaska, plans several more for Poland

Britain's largest hypermarket chain Tesco intends to open a fifth Silesian o utlet this September in Ruda Slaska. "Construction is 20% completed," says W ojciech Sokol of Tesco Polska. "If everything goes according to plan, the hy permarket will be opened at the beginning of September." Tesco's investment, which is to provide around 400 new jobs, will cost approximately zl. 60 mill ion. The general contractor for the site is Katowice-based Intif. At the sam e time the British company is building another hypermarket in Kielce. At the beginning of this year Tesco announced the construction of three or four hyp ermarkets in Poland. "We are discussing investment plans for various parts o f the country, but it's too early for details," says Sokol. Tesco is countin g on the international market and this year intends to invest around GBP 2 b illion in its hypermarket network, creating approximately 21,000 new jobs. (Puls Biznesu, p. 11) A.Z.