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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
6,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's has announced that it is to create 6,000 new jobs in the next 12 months. More than 400 will be created in the north-east. Jobs will be created on all levels.
The company said that it was committed to supporting growth in the economy. Fore recruitment purposes, Sainsbury's has recently launched a campaign aimed at engaging with young people fronted by 100 Sainsbury's staff who are themselves under 25.
Sources
23 May 2012: Talking Retail
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Sainsbury's, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73705, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73705.
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