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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale On A Fee Or Contract Basis 46.17 - Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
12 January 2011
Foreseen end date
12 February 2013
Description
Shopwise Development Group, a leading supermarket chain, announced that in the next three years it shall be investing over €10million and creating 150 new jobs in two new supermarkets in the North of Malta.
This news was announced during the Shopwise Development Group's launch of its online supermarket service, maltasupermarket.com. Maltasupermarket.com, Malta's largest online supermarket has created 20 new jobs. The group, which currently employs 200 people, has invested around €8 million in the past five years.
Sources
12 January 2011: Maltarightnow.com
13 January 2011: maltatoday.com
12 January 2011: timesofmalta.com
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Shopwise Development Group, Business expansion in Malta, factsheet number 71551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71551.
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