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 10.51 - Manufacture of dairy products
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 January 2025
Employment effect (start)
14 January 2025
Foreseen end date
1 January 2029
Description
The dairy cooperative Sodiaal is closing its cheese manufacturing site in Entremont, leaving 150 workers redundant. Between 2028 and 2029, emmental production will be transferred to another site in Montauban-de-Bretagne due to the company’s lack of competitiveness in the market and the high production costs in the region. Improving productivity would require significant investments. The company’s research and development teams will also be relocated to the Montauban-de-Bretagne facility. Fifteen to twenty job transfers to Montauban-de-Bretagne might be offered. In response to the closure and its impact on employment, workers went on strike.
Eurofound (2025), Sodiaal, Relocation in France, factsheet number 202237, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202237.
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