{"id":6962,"date":"2025-08-18T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/6962\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:27:09","slug":"us-fast-food-franchise-wendys-to-open-cork-mahon-point-outlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/6962\/","title":{"rendered":"US fast-food franchise Wendy&#8217;s to open Cork Mahon Point outlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corrib Oil said the first restaurant in their partnership with the global restaurant brand Wendy\u2019s will open in Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork in October.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion will create 50 jobs that are currently open for recruitment. Corrib Oil was announced last year as Wendy\u2019s franchise partner in Ireland. Recruitment is underway for team members in full and part time roles<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Founded in 1987, Corrib Oil currently operates 40 convenience stores with forecourts and 20 fuel depots across 17 counties. The partnership with Wendy\u2019s is a key part of its broader expansion strategy in Ireland, which aims to more than double its national footprint to 100 locations by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The company plans to open ten Wendy\u2019s locations across the country this year as both standalone Wendy\u2019s restaurants and Wendy\u2019s locations at select Corrib Oil service stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOpening the first Wendy\u2019s restaurant in Mahon Point marks a major milestone in our partnership with Wendy\u2019s,\u201d said Michael Dalton, Managing Director of Corrib Brands \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to bring Wendy\u2019s to Cork.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Michael Clarke, Managing Director \u2013 Europe, The Wendy\u2019s Company: \u201cIreland is a great market for long-term growth, and we\u2019re proud to see our brand come to life here through our partnership with Corrib Oil. Their deep roots in the community and commitment to operational excellence make them an ideal partner to deliver the Wendy\u2019s \u2018globally great, locally even better\u2019 experience.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Justin Young, Centre Director of Mahon Point Shopping Centre said: \u201cThis opening is great news for Cork \u2014 not only does it create 50 new local jobs, but it also gives people the opportunity to enjoy the craveable, high-quality food Wendy\u2019s is famous for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corrib Oil said the first restaurant in their partnership with the global restaurant brand Wendy\u2019s will open in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[2736,4488,79,18,19,17,7123],"class_list":{"0":"post-6962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-cork-business","9":"tag-irish-examiner-instagram","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-munster-business"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}