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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco In Specialised Stores 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Convenience food retailer, Centra, is planning to create 400 new jobs in Ireland with the opening of 30 new stores, in 2018.
The expansion is being enabled though a recent €30 million investment and targets the 'healthy food' demand in the market.
Centra currently employs 11,000 people in Ireland and is part of the Musgrave group. It has 450 stores across Ireland, of which 100 are to be redeveloped.
Sources
6 February 2018: Irish Independent
6 February 2018: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Centra, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 93215, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93215.
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