SuperValu plans to create 400 jobs

SUPERVALU, the independent supermarket network, is to create 400 jobs as part of a €25 million investment programme.

When the work on two new stores and the extension and refurbishment of a further 34 more is complete the numbers employed by the network will hit 15,000, serving two million customers a week.

The new stores will be located at Mountmellick, Co Laois and Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim.