Type
Business expansion
Country
Italy
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Hotel / Restaurants
Accommodation And Food Service Activities
Food And Beverage Service Activities
56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities

500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 May 2023
Employment effect (start)
9 May 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023

Description

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), a multinational fast food chain specialising in fried chicken, announced that, thanks to its significant successes (a growth of 70% compared to 2021), it will carry out new openings in the next 20 months (of which 30% with Drive Thru service, 30% placed in food courts of shopping centres and 40% in city centres).

These openings are expected to lead to about 500 new jobs in 2023 with the goal of reaching 5,000 within five years. 


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2023), KFC, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 109022, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109022.