The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Cheam, Cirencester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Poole, Durrington, Glasgow
Sector
Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
UK supermarket chain Tesco has announced that it is to introduce new Giraffe cafes at six of its large Tesco Extra stores. The move is expected to create 200 new jobs. The cafes are scheduled to open in the summer of 2014. They will be located at stores in Cheam, Cirencester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Poole, West Durrington and Glasgow.
Tesco took ownership of the Giraffe brand in March 2013 in a £50 million deal. Co-founders husband and wife team Russel and Juliette Joffe remain in the business as managers.
Sources
24 May 2014: The Grocer
20 May 2014: Caterer and hotelkeeper
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Giraffe Cafes, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77097, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77097.
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