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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.89 - Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 May 2022
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Dr. Oetker, a German global food company headquartered in Bielefeld (North-Rhine Westphalia) announced 150 job cuts at its production site in Ettlingen (Baden-Württemberg). The company announced that it will cease production at the Ettlingen site and align to the strategic segments of pizza, cake and dessert.
Dr. Oetkter justifies its decision by citing a declining demand in the out-of-home market for spicy nutritional products, produced the Ettlingen production site. The 150 jobs in production will be cut by the end of 2022, while 68 employees will remain at the Ettlingen site in sales, marketing and administration.
Dr. Oetker announced that after negotiations with the works council, there will be a social plan that includes voluntary termination of employment, dismissals with severance pay and voluntary internal transfers.
Dr. Oetker had reported a turnover of €3.71 billion in 2020 with 34,000 employees worldwide.
Eurofound (2022), Dr. Oetker, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 106842, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106842.
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