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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
550 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has announced plans to open eight new stores across Scotland in 2016 which will result in the creation of 550 new jobs. The new stores will be located in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Annan, Polmont, Newton Mearns, Strathaven along with two stores in Edinburgh. The latest news from the retailer continues the rapid expansion which has been seen in previous years, both in Scotland and across the UK more generally. Following this round of expansion Aldi will operate 72 stores across Scotland and employ around 2,500 workers in total.
Sources
30 December 2015: Herald Scotland
29 December 2015: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Aldi, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86189, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86189.
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