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McDonald's plans big expansion across Hampshire
12:34pm Tuesday 31st January 2012 in Hampshire Business
McDonald’s staff Selin Dunman, Paris Williams and Ryan Smith at Millbrook celebrate
FAST food giant McDonald’s is planning to create almost 180 jobs across Hampshire in a move that aims to cut youth unemployment.
The company wants to build a new drive-thru restaurant at Totton and is also proposing to take on extra staff at many of its existing outlets.
McDonald’s says about 30 per cent of the vacancies will be reserved for young people still struggling to find their first job.
Company bosses are planning to create a total of 2,500 posts across the UK, with more than half going to people under the age of 25.
The massive expansion campaign is good news for Southampton, where the jobless rate has reached 6.6 per cent.
The new restaurant is due to be built on a site that has stood empty since the Red Lion pub in Commercial Road, Totton, burned down in 2010.
The two-storey complex will have seating for 85 customers, plus 41 parking spaces and a drive-thru lane for customers buying takeaways.
McDonald’s says the scheme will create 75 full and part-time jobs.
Managers are also planning to employ another 102 workers at existing outlets, including those in Millbrook, WestQuay, Swaythling and Hedge End.
It comes just days after Sainsbury’s unveiled proposals to build a massive supermarket that will create 230 jobs in Eastleigh.
McDonald’s has already submitted its Totton proposal to New Forest District Council, which is likely to make a decision within weeks. If approved it will open early next year.
The application says: “With the exception of the management team, almost all the staff will be recruited from the local community. There has been an increase in unemployment in the area since 2008 and any jobs and investment locally would make a positive contribution to the social and economic value of the area.”
However, the scheme is set to face opposition from Totton and Eling Town Council.
Councillor David Harrison said the authority would almost certainly urge the district council to reject the application on the grounds that the proposed development was out of keeping with the area.
Councillor Chris Lagdon warned that the site was hidden by a bend in Commercial Road – one of the main Totton-Southampton routes.
He added: “It was dangerous before and a drive-thru restaurant would be much busier than the pub ever was.
There’s going to be a major accident if this goes ahead.”
Comments(54)
Taskforce 141
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12:48pm Tue 31 Jan 12
At least the chavtastic families will be happy
Huey
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12:56pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Who cares if it is at McDonalds?
The council may object, but they are cutting jobs not creating them.
St Retford
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12:58pm Tue 31 Jan 12
chavfreezone
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1:12pm Tue 31 Jan 12
chavfreezone
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1:12pm Tue 31 Jan 12
SOULJACKER
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1:21pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Any jobs are good in the current financial climate......well done again ;)
obloquy
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1:32pm Tue 31 Jan 12
commonsense888
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1:33pm Tue 31 Jan 12
St Retford
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1:51pm Tue 31 Jan 12
George4th
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1:51pm Tue 31 Jan 12
commonsense888 wrote:Maybe you should visit Southampton City Council website where all good Southampton City People can see where the future will be.......
Any news on Ski Slope, Ice rink, Costo or moving Gunwharf away from Portsmouth so that all those passing cruise passengers actually spend some proper money in this city. Sorry, but southampton is going downhill fast and the town planners just keep getting it wrong!!
http://www.southampt
on.gov.uk/s-environm
ent/future/ccplans/c
cvision.aspx
or
http://www.southampt
on.gov.uk/s-environm
ent/future/ccplans/v
ipproj/default.aspx
G0Rf
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1:56pm Tue 31 Jan 12
G0Rf
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1:56pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Gilesy86
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1:56pm Tue 31 Jan 12
George4th
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1:58pm Tue 31 Jan 12
SOULJACKER wrote:Good post! I agree.
Well done Mac's.........good news & if people don't like it well hey........don't go there!
Any jobs are good in the current financial climate......well done again ;)
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People criticise without knowing what they are criticising!
McDonalds have one of the best Training schemes around and thousands of young people have benefited from this training. With the skills they learn, it can be the bedrock of their future.
freefinker
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2:04pm Tue 31 Jan 12
elvisimo
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2:06pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Huey
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2:13pm Tue 31 Jan 12
GOOD NEWS
Big Mac
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2:27pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Besides, if McD is so bad, how come it's ranked 6th global brand in the world?
And no, I don't work there!
Geoff Beeze
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2:39pm Tue 31 Jan 12
eurogordi
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2:59pm Tue 31 Jan 12
1. The Red Lion site is on a dangerous, blind bend. It was bad enough when punters were leaving the pub and will only become worse if a busier McDonalds is build on the site.
2. Totton has a McDonalds already. Yes, you have to park and walk, but drive thru's are also at Millbrook and Ower for those who can't be bothered to get out of a car.
3. Employment legislation prevents any employer advertising for "young people". These vacancies will have to be advertised to 76 year olds as much to 16 year olds.
10 Minute Man
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3:21pm Tue 31 Jan 12
elvisimo
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3:35pm Tue 31 Jan 12
10 Minute Man wrote:not according to their website.
Its THROUGH not thru' FFS.
Thru can be used as preposition , adverb , & adjective
informal spelling of through.
Calm down.
cant see wot ur prob iz.
Writers Cramp
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4:08pm Tue 31 Jan 12
eurogordi wrote:I am not a frequenter of McD's, but I am not against them either. I agree with all of your concerns. I am most concerned about the dangerous bend ! Its a nightmare in the dry, and horrific in the wet. Surely the junction just wont take it ! Those people not from the area need to take a look. Try crossing the road there......it takes forever !
Okay, there are a few concerns here.
1. The Red Lion site is on a dangerous, blind bend. It was bad enough when punters were leaving the pub and will only become worse if a busier McDonalds is build on the site.
2. Totton has a McDonalds already. Yes, you have to park and walk, but drive thru's are also at Millbrook and Ower for those who can't be bothered to get out of a car.
3. Employment legislation prevents any employer advertising for "young people". These vacancies will have to be advertised to 76 year olds as much to 16 year olds.
Goldenwight
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4:08pm Tue 31 Jan 12
eurogordi wrote:True on the age bit (and indeed on the rest), but realistically nobody over 21 is going to apply are they? I'd rather take out my own appendix without anaesthetic than work in McDs.
Okay, there are a few concerns here. 1. The Red Lion site is on a dangerous, blind bend. It was bad enough when punters were leaving the pub and will only become worse if a busier McDonalds is build on the site. 2. Totton has a McDonalds already. Yes, you have to park and walk, but drive thru's are also at Millbrook and Ower for those who can't be bothered to get out of a car. 3. Employment legislation prevents any employer advertising for "young people". These vacancies will have to be advertised to 76 year olds as much to 16 year olds.
bazzeroz
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4:26pm Tue 31 Jan 12
10 Minute Man wrote:Quite agree. There's too much Americanization going on in this country. Thru,color,McDonalds etc. Enuff is enuff
Its THROUGH not thru' FFS.
SOULJACKER
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4:27pm Tue 31 Jan 12
George4th wrote:Very true George,
SOULJACKER wrote:Good post! I agree.
Well done Mac's.........good news & if people don't like it well hey........don't go there!
Any jobs are good in the current financial climate......well done again ;)
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People criticise without knowing what they are criticising!
McDonalds have one of the best Training schemes around and thousands of young people have benefited from this training. With the skills they learn, it can be the bedrock of their future.
There are a lot of people that just sound off to evoke a response.
It has been proven that Macky D's are an extremely good employer worldwide & the guys that work there seem to have an awful lot of scope for progression up through the ranks if they want it...
"Good on them" I say..........they are are out there doing their thing unlike some people who can't be bothered :D
News Fanatic
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4:59pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Big Mac
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5:04pm Tue 31 Jan 12
News Fanatic wrote:Looks like your application has failed at the first hurdle. Back to the homework then.
These McJobs are not proper ones. They are doubtless very low-paid are will not offer much chance of betterment or of reducing this country's huge debts by exporting what we produce.
TimTam
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5:08pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Gainer T Gopher
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5:36pm Tue 31 Jan 12
They don't appear to be spotty youth with extremely bad complection and greasy hair and bad attitudes normally employed by Mac's....
annie2012
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6:02pm Tue 31 Jan 12
freefinker
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6:03pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Gainer T Gopher wrote:.. Photoshop?
It's hard to believe that the 2 young ladies work for MacD's..... far to attractive....
They don't appear to be spotty youth with extremely bad complection and greasy hair and bad attitudes normally employed by Mac's....
dango
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6:21pm Tue 31 Jan 12
TimTam wrote:maybe there is little chance of promotion/ advancement but you know what? I'd rather have a CV that shows continuous employment, even if it is a job at McD's. It shows willing and better that than having to explain why you were happy to sit on the dole for a year watching Jeremy Kyle.
noun \mək-ˈjäb\. Definition of MCJOB. : a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement.
red&white2010
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7:05pm Tue 31 Jan 12
dango
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7:09pm Tue 31 Jan 12
red&white2010 wrote:Here are some punctuation marks → . , ?
will never understand why they closed the one in above bar southampton people used to nip into above bar for their breakfast or lunch and it was always busy who unless they are shopping have the time to go into west quay and wait for ages to get served also they need to inprove their customer service a great deal as the staff across the mcdonalds chain are slow rude and inconsiderate and their customer welfare and and protection of children need to be looked at as many of their outlets are in need of some form of maintenance so instead building new outlets they should try repairing the old ones first
Please feel free to use them at any point in your post. If I had to read that out I'd need an inhaler!
Minger1
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7:24pm Tue 31 Jan 12
forest hump
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7:31pm Tue 31 Jan 12
y when it is wet, god forbid. Nothing but a bunch of negative whiners...and as for the Councillors...well, shame on them
TimTam
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7:40pm Tue 31 Jan 12
dango wrote:Fair comment.
TimTam wrote: noun \mək-ˈjäb\. Definition of MCJOB. : a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement.maybe there is little chance of promotion/ advancement but you know what? I'd rather have a CV that shows continuous employment, even if it is a job at McD's. It shows willing and better that than having to explain why you were happy to sit on the dole for a year watching Jeremy Kyle.
red&white2010
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7:43pm Tue 31 Jan 12
dont bother commenting at all
try reading what was said instread of
picking fault and i hope your kids if you have any dont have to use the toilets alone or get approached by a perv in mcdonalds
forest hump
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7:49pm Tue 31 Jan 12
red&white2010 wrote:No need for that!
dango if all you can do is pick up on how someone writes a comment dont bother commenting at all try reading what was said instread of picking fault and i hope your kids if you have any dont have to use the toilets alone or get approached by a perv in mcdonalds
Brusher Mills
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7:50pm Tue 31 Jan 12
St Retford wrote:Keep out of it Totton and Eling Council and in the next line you say Southampton needs more Mcdonalds, think about that one.
Keep out of it Totton and Eling Council. Southampton desperately needs more McDonalds and minimum wage jobs. If you object to this on the grounds that it's not safe and it will cause people to die then you're standing in the way of progress. We demand Big Macs and McJobs.
Does Totton really need another Mcdonalds, we have one in Asda and then theres the drive through at Ower and the one at Millbrook roundabout in Southampton all within a 5/10 minutes drive of each other.
What we actually need is a drive through Wendys.
100%HANTSBOY
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7:50pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Surely there's more fat and calories in a good old portion of battered sausage and chips from your local Chippy? Or dare I say it spam fritters and the like!
I don't hear anyone crying out for these to be shut down on health issues.
I say good for McDonalds,let's give these kids a chance to earn some cash and some respect and gain a feeling of responsibility and that they are wanted.
clevercleaver1
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7:54pm Tue 31 Jan 12
dango
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8:25pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Brusher Mills
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8:44pm Tue 31 Jan 12
commonsense888 wrote:whats that got to do with Totton?
Any news on Ski Slope, Ice rink, Costo or moving Gunwharf away from Portsmouth so that all those passing cruise passengers actually spend some proper money in this city. Sorry, but southampton is going downhill fast and the town planners just keep getting it wrong!!
rmw
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10:00pm Tue 31 Jan 12
rmw
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10:00pm Tue 31 Jan 12
St Retford
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10:08pm Tue 31 Jan 12
Brusher Mills wrote:I was kind of being ironic. I was doing that thing where I was meaning the opposite of what I was saying. The last thing we need are more McDonalds, Subways, Asdas and Tescos selling bad food to a public that no longer knows or cares where food comes from or how to cook it. I know it's kind of inevitable under our form of capitalism that a powerful few will squeeze independents out of the market, but wouldn't it be nice to have a bit of variety in the market or a reason to travel from one town to the next?
St Retford wrote:Keep out of it Totton and Eling Council and in the next line you say Southampton needs more Mcdonalds, think about that one.
Keep out of it Totton and Eling Council. Southampton desperately needs more McDonalds and minimum wage jobs. If you object to this on the grounds that it's not safe and it will cause people to die then you're standing in the way of progress. We demand Big Macs and McJobs.
Does Totton really need another Mcdonalds, we have one in Asda and then theres the drive through at Ower and the one at Millbrook roundabout in Southampton all within a 5/10 minutes drive of each other.
What we actually need is a drive through Wendys.
Leonardo DiCaprio of all people called it a service station culture that takes the needs of a fat, white American and reproduces them around the globe. And with the banks not lending to any newcomers who might provide an alternative it's hard to see it stopping any time soon.
St Retford
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10:14pm Tue 31 Jan 12
100%HANTSBOY wrote:You're wrong there. A chippy tea is less calorific than a Big Mac meal. And it has the advantage of actually filling you up, which is part of the problem with McDonalds - people eat there and ten minutes later they're hungry again.
Why pick on McDonalds when it comes to the health issues? Surely there's more fat and calories in a good old portion of battered sausage and chips from your local Chippy? Or dare I say it spam fritters and the like! I don't hear anyone crying out for these to be shut down on health issues. I say good for McDonalds,let's give these kids a chance to earn some cash and some respect and gain a feeling of responsibility and that they are wanted.
dango
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10:54pm Tue 31 Jan 12
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!
Service-defender
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1:35pm Wed 1 Feb 12
I dunno i think Totton could do with something better (no offence to Mc D's)
If it does go ahead I hope road safety will be taken to account and maybe who knows maybe the classic asda cafe may return if we're lucky.
ohec
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1:53pm Wed 1 Feb 12
pushamara
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4:27pm Thu 2 Feb 12
Taskforce 141 says...
12:48pm Tue 31 Jan 12
At least the chavtastic families will be happy