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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
6,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 February 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Supermarket group Asda has said it is planning to create more than 6,000 jobs in 2005 through opening new stores and revamping existing outlets.
Asda says it will open at least 15 new stores in 2005, ranging from a 100,000 square foot superstore in Milton Keynes to much smaller developments.
The company is also planning to open five non-food outlets. Asda - owned by US retail giant Wal-Mart -is the UK's second largest supermarket chain behind Tesco.
Sources
17 February 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Asda, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61139, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61139.
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