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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56 - Food and beverage service activities
320 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Healthy fast-food chain Chopped is to create 320 jobs in 2017, across 20 new outlets. The new jobs are a mix of full-time and part-time. The jobs will be spread across the country, in Dublin, Wicklow, Cork and Waterford. Chopped expanded its workforce by 140 in 2016; 110 jobs were created in Dublin and Kildare. The company already has 20 outlets in Ireland and has plans to expand in the UK as well. It specialises in healthy takeaway meals such as salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups.
Sources
12 April 2017: Irish Examiner
12 April 2017: Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Chopped, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 90769, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90769.
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