The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.12 - Processing And Preserving Of Poultry Meat
119 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 October 2024
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
The Blancafort poultry slaughterhouse, operated by the French LDC Group, will cease operations on March 31, 2025, resulting in the loss of all 119 jobs. The Group cites economic challenges, including slowed production and falling demand, as reasons for the closure. However, the city's mayor has alleged that the closure is part of a delocalisation strategy, following LDC's recent acquisitions of two slaughterhouses in Germany and Poland. Efforts to secure a buyer for the Blancafort site will continue until the end of summer 2025.
LDC previously expanded its workforce by 100 employees in 2019, as documented in the ERM database
LDC 2019 - FR.
Eurofound (2024), LDC, Closure in France, factsheet number 201841, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201841.
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