With holidays here, retailers, distribution centers and even some restaurants are still on the hunt for thousands of central Ohio workers.
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Employees sort orders onto a complex system of conveyor belts transports packages around the Amazon distribution center in Etna, Ohio on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. The facility, which employees 2,500, can distribute hundreds of thousands of packages a day.
Amazon says it needs 1,500 more Columbus-area employees and Giant Eagle wants to hire 300 in the region.

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Kroger and Donatos are each looking for 1,000 workers, many of them in central Ohio, to meet growing demand.
Those companies and others are looking for workers to manage their way through the pandemic and keep up with strong sales, especially from consumers buying online or looking for home delivery.
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