McDonald's

Type
Business expansion
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Accommodation / Food
56 - Food and beverage service activities
56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
2,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
9 January 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012

Description

As announced on 9 January 2012, multinational fast-food chain McDonald's will create 2,000 jobs and 1,000 vocational training places in Germany in 2012. In 2011, McDonald's has recruited 2,000, a press release states.

The press release also stated that recruitment of own vocational trainees is especially important due to skills shortages.

McDonald's employs 64,000 people in Germany.

Sources

  • 10 January 2012: Handelsblatt
  • 9 January 2012: McDonald's

Citation

Eurofound (2012), McDonald's, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 72963, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72963.