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.
Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Healthy eating restaurant chain Freshii has announced that it is to open nine new stores across Northern Ireland creating at least 100 new jobs. The company, which specialises in burritos, wraps and salads, has just opened its first outlet in Belfast and now plans to open further sites in the major towns. A second site in Belfast will open in the summer of 2017, and a restaurant is also scheduled for a summer opening in a shopping centre in Newry. The company has stated that both full time and part time opportunities will be available.
Sources
26 April 2017: Belfast Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Freshii, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91031, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91031.
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