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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 July 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
US-based fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken announced that it is to open four restaurants in Finland, namely in Helsinki, Espoo and Turku. As a result, they are recruiting a total of 200 employees by the end of 2021.
According to the CEO of Kentucky Fried Chicken Finland, the company has been trying to find a suitable entrepreneur for several years. The company has no other restaurants in Finland.
The company has more than 25,000 restaurants in over 145 countries around the world.
Eurofound (2021), Kentucky Fried Chicken, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 105047, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105047.
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