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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco In Specialised Stores 47.2 - Retail Sale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco In Specialised Stores
1,100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 March 2023
Employment effect (start)
21 March 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Grocery food franchise retailer, BWG Foods, is to create 1,100 new jobs by 2025, as part of plans to open 60 new stores.
The company operates the SPAR and EUROSPAR grocery supermarket brands in Ireland.
BWG Foods currently directly employs some 1,850 people, with a further 23,000 people employed in local communities across the country through BWG's partnership with independent retailers in SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE, LONDIS and XL stores.
Since 2021, over 30 new SPAR and EUROSPAR supermarket stores have been added to the network.
Eurofound (2023), BWG Foods, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201129, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201129.
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