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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2021
Employment effect (start)
8 July 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The Quick Service Restaurant Platform (QSRP) group has announced a new food chain in Belgium to compete in the growing market of chicken restaurants. The first restaurant has opened in the city of Liège. In total, the chain group plans to open approximately 38 restaurants in Belgium, which would create around 400 jobs. It is part of the group's business expansion plan in Europe.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has hit restaurants hard, it has boosted the demand for food delivery services.
Currently, the QSRP group is operating in seven countries, including Germany, France, and Italy, with around 1,000 restaurants and 6,000 staff.
Eurofound (2021), Chick & Cheez, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 105061, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105061.
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