Supermarket chain Asda has created 200 jobs as part of its operations in Northern Ireland.
The company - which opened the first four of 12 former Safeway stores bought from Morrisons earlier in the year - said it would now be creating more than the 250 extra jobs it had previously estimated.
All 12 stores have undergone a £30 million refurbishment. The remaining eight stores will be opened by the beginning of December.
News of the 200 jobs came with the completion of phase one of Asda's entry into the North and the opening of its store in Ballyclare, Co Antrim.
Earlier in the week stores opened in Bangor, Co Down; Coleraine, Co Derry; and Cookstown, Co Tyrone. The four supermarkets now employ 635 staff.
Elsewhere, tile and stonework company Armatile announced today it had doubled the workforce at its Armagh headquarters and flagship showroom to more than 100.
The jobs were created following a £5 million development of the Loughgall Road premises. The company also has sites in Newry, Co Down, and Belfast, employing a further 50 people.
The Belfast showroom is being relocated from Boucher Crescent to another site on nearby Boucher Road. The move into the new premises will be completed before the end of the year and will create further jobs, said the company.