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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
175 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
28 May 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Tesco Ireland has created 175 new jobs in Dublin, with the opening of its new store in Liffey Valley. The new store is the largest Tesco has in Ireland.
The majority of the new jobs have been given to the people living in the area.
The new store cost €30m to build and is part of an overall €70m investment. The company's goal is to keep th eposition of biggest grocery retailer in Ireland.
Tesco now employs over 13,000 people in Ireland.
Sources
28 May 2018: RTE
28 May 2018: Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Tesco Ireland , Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 94157, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94157.
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