19/02/2007

Fast food restaurant brings 200 jobs to NI

A family-owned fast food restaurant from the Republic of Ireland is to create around 200 jobs by opening a number of outlets in Northern Ireland.

Supermac's, who currently own 80 restaurants in the south, are to invest around £10 million in acquiring a number of sites on which they can build new businesses.

The company currently employs over 2,500 people in the Republic and has an annual turnover of €82 million.

(EF/SP)

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