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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
450 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
21 May 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
German retailer Aldi has announced it will create 450 jobs across its stores in Ireland in 2014. The new jobs will be for area managers, store managers, assistant managers and store assistants. According to the sources, recruitment for these posts has already begun.
The job creation is a result of Aldi’s growing market share. The sources report that the retailer currently has 8% of the grocery market in Ireland, which represents a 22% increase in its sales since last year.
The ERM previously reported on restructuring events at Aldi in Ireland in 2007, 2008 and 2013.
Sources
21 May 2014: Irish Independent
21 May 2014: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Aldi, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 77038, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77038.
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