Planning permission has been granted for a drive thru and sit down restaurant in the former Tile Market building on the Cork Road.

Supermacs were originally granted planning permission for the Cork Road site last year, but without the drive thru in the interest of traffic safety.

They redesigned the plans and were given the go ahead last week.

This will be the third Supermacs in Waterford. Currently there is one in Waterford City and on the Dunmore Road.

The Group is to open two other new outlets this year in Wexford and Kinnegad creating 200 jobs in all.

Another 100 jobs will be created by the Supermac’s and SÓ Hotels Groups, owned by Pat and Una McDonagh
through the redevelopment of the Athlone Springs Hotel, the Castle Oaks House Hotel, Limerick and the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise.

Construction is due to start in Waterford shortly.

Supermac’s MD, Pat McDonagh, said that the positivity in the regions was one of the key reasons for recent investments.

He said “What makes Supermac’s different is that we source as much of our produce as we can from local suppliers,” he said. “That starts with the building process and continues on to the supply of the food that we supply our customers. We have been using much of the same local suppliers throughout the country for over 30 years.

But we also become active members of the community as well. Another thing that sets us apart is our commitment to the communities we are involved with.”