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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 November 2023
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The Swedish grocery stores chain Coop has announced last week that they will make 100 employees redundant at their main offices in Solna, Stockholm. This measure, together with other organisational changes, is an attempt to reduce expenditures by around SEK 300 million (around € 26 million). According to Coop, this is because of an increase in energy and transport costs, and increased rents. These organisational changes will begin on 01/01/2024.
Around 20,000 employees are employed at Coop around Sweden. There has, as of now, been no official comment from the employee representatives.
Sources
28 November 2023: Coop säger upp 100 medarbetare (www.svd.se)
Citation
Eurofound (2023), Coop, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 200571, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200571.
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