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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
480 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Chain convenience store, Centra, is to hire up to 480 people this year as part of the company's expansion, involving 16 new stores. Centra currently employs 11,000 people in Ireland across 460 stores.
The jobs measure is on the back of a €16 million investment. The company's retail sales increased by 1.6% in 2015.
Sources
1 February 2016: Irish Independent
1 February 2016: RTE
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Centra, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 86382, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86382.