Ultrafast grocer Gorillas avoids German labor laws by becoming Dutch

Gorillas, an originally German rapid delivery service for groceries, turned Dutch a few weeks ago. The apparent company, Gorillas Technologies Holding Bv, transferred to a Dutch private limited company based in Amsterdam on January 28, NRC reported based on documents filed with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. Gorillas told NRC that it chose the Netherlands for its parent company to "create an efficient holding structure and further enable the next phase of our growth." According to the Chamber of Commerce documents, 446 of the over 10,000 Gorillas employees work at the Dutch parent company. The rapidly growing popularity of super-fast grocery delivery services like Gorillas and its competitors - Getir, Zapp, and Flink - is causing headaches for some Dutch municipalities, with complaints of noise pollution, improperly parked bicycles and scooters, and unsafe traffic conditions.