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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
British supermarket chain Asda, a subsidiary of Walmart, is to create 350 new jobs at a newly built store in Dundee. The new store will open in July 2013 and recruitment for the vacancies has already begun. The company has three stores in the area and employs around 1,000 staff. For previously announced restructurings see Asda2012a, Asda2012b, Asda2010a, Asda2010b, Asda2009, Asda2008, Asda2007, Asda2006a, Asda2006b, Asda2006c, Asda2006d.
Sources
19 June 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Asda, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75550, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75550.