Edwina Lucey, Sales Director, and Jim Barry, MD, Barry Group, pictured at the annual Barry Group Conference where it was announced that the opening of 25 new Costcutter and Carryout stores so far during 2016 will have seen the Mallow-based Barry Group create 375 new jobs. Picture Conor McCabe Photography
The opening of 25 new Costcutter and Carryout stores so far during 2016 will have seen the Mallow-based Barry Group create 375 new jobs, which was announced last Tuesday, 13th September, at their annual conference. The strengthened business includes 15 new Costcutter stores and 10 Carry Out off-licences. The number of new jobs created is put at 375, on account of more than half of the new group retailers having previously traded as independent outlets, or under another franchise brand. Neighbourhood retailing is very much back in business, according to Jim Barry, Managing Director of the Barry Group, who says that more people back at work and improving consumer spend generally is driving demand for quality convenience retail. “The Barry Group will have supported the opening of the almost 15 totally new retail stores in 2016. There has been considerable investment in refurbishment and expansion of existing Costcutter and Carryout stores countrywide too, all reflecting the improved economy, and growing demand for convenient local stores”, Ms Edwina Lucey, Sales Director, Barry Group added.