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Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
18 February 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Multinational fast-food chain McDonald's has announced to recruit a total of 100 new employees for its restaurants in the Stockholm region. A recruitment day with over 1000 participants was held on February 18th in Stockholm.
This business expansion is reported to be a result of the tax reform in Sweden which has lowered the value added tax on restaurant food.
Sources
18 February 2012: McDonald's
Citation
Eurofound (2012), McDonald's, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 73103, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73103.