“From the point of view of our network, our development has always been accompanied by the idea of putting collaborators at the centre: to date we have reached 22 thousand collaborators, who help us carry out our mission every day”. These are the words of the president of Lidl Italia Massimiliano Silvestri on the sidelines of the presentation event of the ‘Socio-economic impact report’ of the large-scale retail trade brand, created by The European House – Ambrosetti, the first Italian private think tank.
“In line with our desire to always keep collaborators at the centre, we also develop training projects. Last year, for example, we activated some training projects in collaboration with Its, which allow us to hire young new graduates through training courses over two years, at the end of which they will allow them to join the company on a permanent basis – explains Silvestri – Another reason of great pride for us is that 90% of our colleagues have a job and a permanent contract”.
“This is the third edition of this report and the desire to draw it up starts from the awareness of being a reality that over the years has grown, consolidated and wants to grow even more – explains the president of Lidl Italia – It is important for we talk about how even a multinational can have a positive impact on the economy of a country, both in terms of the export of Italian agri-food and in terms of the growth of the suppliers who work for them, but also to give credibility and awareness of positivity to our collaborators.”
Held in the Glass House of Villa Necchi Campiglio, in the heart of Milan, the event was also an opportunity to illustrate Lidl Italia’s ambitious future objectives: “Our concreteness leads us to talk first about what we have done and then about what we have to do. In an absolute spirit of coherence with what we said today, I can say that we aim to consolidate our presence in the Italian market, with an investment of approximately 1.5 billion euros over the next three years to expand our sales network”, he concludes.
