Even as so many workers are being laid off by many retailers, hotels, airlines, restaurants and virtually every other business type in the country, another group of retailers is on a hiring spree with as many as half million open positions in need of being filled.
Companies like Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, dollar stores, drug chains and some fast food restaurants – the ones who sell household essentials, food, drugs, takeout food and other basics – are on the plus side of the coronavirus crisis and are in desperate need of additional workers as America hunkers down at home.
Such is the nature of this pandemic that the haves and have-nots of retailing are being redefined as never before in retailing history. Traditionally strong businesses like Walmart and Amazon are being joined by grocery stores and pizza chains that haven’t always been the darlings of the business world.
Here is a current list of those retail businesses that have announced they are looking for additional workers. These numbers include jobs both in the stores themselves as well as in warehouses and distribution centers. Other retailing businesses have announced they are hiring but have not given hard numbers.\
This list will be updated on a regular basis as more stores announce hiring:
Albertsons: 30,000
Aldi: 7,500
Amazon: 100,000
CVS: 50,000
Dollar General: 50,000
Dollar Tree: 25,000
Domino’s Pizza: 10,000
Instacart: 300,000
Kroger: 10,000
Lidl: 1,000
Papa John’s: 20,000
Pizza Hut: 30,000
Publix: 2,000
Rite Aid: 5,000
7-Eleven: 20,000
Tractor Supply: 5,000
Stop & Shop: 5,000
Walgreens: 9,500
Walmart: 150,000
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