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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
160 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 December 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Aldi, a supermarket chain has announced that it is to create 160 jobs at a new distribution and office centre in Mitchelstown, Co Cork. According to the management, the centre will support the growth of its Irish business particularly in the Munster region. The company, which has operated in Ireland since 1999, has 52 stores nationwide. The new facility will mainly service Aldi's supermarkets in Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
Sources
14 December 2008: RTE website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Aldi, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 66120, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66120.
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