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Asda To Create 5,000 Jobs In £500m Expansion

The supermarket chain is to open 25 new stores and three new depots as part of a £500m expansion plan which will see 5,000 new jobs created. Asda, which currently employs 180,000 staff in the UK, will also extend and refurbish 43 of its existing stores.

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