Fast food says it plans to create 24,000 jobs in both countries over the next four years
Fast food giant McDonald’s said it plans to create 24,000 jobs across more than 200 new restaurants in the UK and Ireland over the next four years. Photograph: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
The company, which has 94 franchised restaurants in Ireland, employing approximately 6,000 staff, did not detail the expansion planned specifically for Ireland, insisting only that the new restaurants would be tailored to meet “the needs of the community”. The Irish arm of the company enjoyed its most profitable year ever in 2022, as pretax profits surged 157 per cent to €43.16 million.The latest published accounts for McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd show that pretax profits jumped by €26.37 million, as the business exited operating its own fast food outlets here.
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