Supermarket giant Asda is to create 250 jobs in Northern Ireland before the end of the year.
The company made the announcement today as it unveiled plans for a £30 million refurbishment programme at 12 Safeway stores it is taking over from Morrison's following clearance from the Office of Fair Trading.
Asda said it was starting an intensive three-month refurbishment schedule at the start of September which would see each store closed for four to six weeks before reopening.
All work is due to be carried out by December.
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The company said in a statement that it was committed to retaining all existing Safeway staff - more than 2,000 - and would recruit an average additional 20 staff for each store.
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