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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco 46.39 - Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2022
Description
Lynas Foodservice, based in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, has announced plans to create 100 new jobs. The business which has operated for 70 years currently employs 375 staff. The company supplies frozen and chilled food to businesses and public bodies and is set to open 10 outlet stores, starting with a new development in Bangor, which will create between 10 and 12 jobs. A further development is planned in Ballymena for September 2017. The company plans to open its 10 stores across Northern Ireland over the coming five years.
Sources
22 June 2017: Belfast Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Lynas Foodservice, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91434, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91434.
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