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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 April 2025
Employment effect (start)
13 May 2024
Foreseen end date
30 April 2028
Description
Food retail convenience company, BWG, is to create 600 new jobs in Ireland over the next three years, as part of a plan to develop existing and open new Spar stores across the country.
The company is to invest €30 million to open new stores and refurbish existing sites. It plans to grow its store network by 30 new stores between now and 2028. This will see the number of sites increase from 420 to 450.
The new roles will be in areas such as ready meals, food-to-go, deli, as well as retail roles.
Eurofound (2025), BWG Foods, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 202783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202783.