The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
A new Sainsbury's supermarket that is scheduled to open in May 2017 in Liverpool will create 220 new full- and part-time jobs ranging from retail to catering. The recruitment drive to fill these positions is already underway. The supermarket is located in a newly developed district centre, which is part of a larger regeneration project in North Liverpool, led by Liverpool City Council.
Sainsbury’s, the UK’s second largest chain of supermarkets, is also involved in a similar area regeneration project in Cambridge. In early March 2017, the company also announced it would be cutting 400 price controller jobs across its network of stores.
Eurofound (2017), Sainsbury's, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90602, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90602.
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