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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 January 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Lidl, the German discount supermarket chain, has announced plans to create 170 jobs across its 40 stores and a distribution centre in Northern Ireland in 202, taking the number of its employees in Northern Ireland to over 1,200. The jobs include operational and office-based roles.
Lidl opened its first shops in the UK in 1994 and currently has 800 shops. The chain has continued to grow during the COVID-19 crisis and aims to have 1,000 shops by the end of 2023.
Eurofound (2021), Lidl, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 103512, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103512.
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