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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
Announcement Date
28 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
6 March 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The world’s largest fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has announced its plans to hire 500 people in the Czech Republic in 2024.
On Wednesday, March 06, 2024, the company will open its 121st branch in the Czech Republic, specifically in the centre of Prague in Revoluční Street. The new branch will employ about 80 people.
McDonald's wants to build on the last year's business expansion, when the number of employees in the Czech Republic increased by 400 to a total of 8,000, and revealed plans to hire another 420 people in 2024.
Sources
28 February 2024: Hospodářské noviny (archiv.hn.cz)
Citation
Eurofound (2024), McDonald's, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 200888, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200888.
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