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Asda set to create up to 190 jobs in the North East

ONE of the nation’s leading supermarket chains is set to create up to 190 jobs in the region as part of a £778m deal.

Asda is set to take over 19 stores from Danish discount supermarket Netto across Tyneside, County Durham and Teesside.

A spokesman for Asda said it expected to double the number of staff employed at each of the sites.

Netto, currently owned by Dansk Supermarked, has operated in the UK since 1990.

Judith McKenna, Asda Chief Financial Officer, told the BBC: “This is a key day in our plan to bring Asda to many more communities in the North East.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .