The food retail sector saw a 3.2% increase in employment in the first half of 2020, largely due to increased staff numbers at supermarkets due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wider retail sector, employment numbers were down 0.4% in the same period, according to IELKA, Greece's consumer goods research institute. IELKA estimates that the number of food retail jobs increased by 7,000 in the first half of 2020, compared to the previous year.
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