Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco In Specialised Stores
47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores

2,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
18 December 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018

Description

Frozen food retail chain Iceland plans to create over 2,000 jobs within 5 years.

This is part of a large investment plan of CZK 1bn (EUR 36.25mn USD 49.57mn) that is to lead to the opening of dozens of new stores in the country.

Iceland group is based in the UK, operating three locations in the Czech Republic as to date.


Sources

  • 18 December 2013: E15

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Iceland, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 76372, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76372.