Jobs boost as food firm expands operations

Health food outlet Chopped is looking at Cork as one of its major regions for growth, company bosses said after announcing more than 400 jobs in Ireland and the UK.

The company, which has salad mixtures as its signature dish, is opening 20 outlets in 2017, promising to create 430 jobs. There will be 320 new employees for Ireland and 110 for its UK expansion.

The company will double its outlets in Ireland to 40 as well as six in the UK. The outlets in Cork, Waterford and Wicklow will join existing Chopped locations in Dublin, Kildare and Galway.