Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Netherlands
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Joure
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.83 - Processing of tea and coffee

600 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
14 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
14 June 2005
Foreseen end date
16 June 2008

Description

Dutch coffee and tea maker Douwe Egberts will cut up to 600 jobs in the Netherlands until 2008. The restructuring will affect all sites and units of Douwe Egberts Netherlands. CNV Voeding trade union reacted with suprise to the news. A social plan will be negotiated in order to avoid as much direct dismissals as possible.


Sources

  • 14 June 2005: De FinanciĆ«le Telegraaf

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Douwe Egberts, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 61872, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61872.