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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The American fast food restaurant chain McDonald's is recruiting around 300 new employees to its restaurants across Finland during autumn 2017. More staff is needed as the company's sales increased by 12% and the number of customers by 10% during the first half of 2017. Some of the new employees will replace students who at this point in the year quit their jobs to go back to school.
Competition in the Finnish fast food sector has tightened in recent years as several new fast food chains have started operations in the country. McDonald's sales weakened significantly and several less profitable units were closed down. However, this autumn a new restaurant with 45 employees will open in Helsinki.
Sources
29 August 2017: Company press release
29 August 2017: Uusimaa
Citation
Eurofound (2017), McDonald's, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 91828, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91828.
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