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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
460 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Food retail chain Centra plans to create 460 jobs this year and open 20 new stores as part of a €20 million investment. Centra, owned by the Musgrave retail group, already employs almost 11,000 people in Ireland across more than 450 stores. According to the company, the new investment is partly due to changes in customer demand, as customers are increasingly opting for healthier, fresh foods.
Sources
6 February 2017: RTE
6 February 2017: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Centra, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 90161, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90161.
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