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 10.52 - Manufacture of ice cream
140 - 162 jobs Number of planned job losses
30 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Nestlé Grand Froid, a subsidiary of the French group Nestlé and a producer of ice-cream, is to cut between 140 and 162 jobs during a streamlining of its two sites in Beauvais. The firm employs 742 at the two plants. The re-organization of the two sites will create a single entity and the job losses will be implemented between November 2007 and December 2009. During this period, 30 new jobs will also be created at the new single entity. Management at the firm have also announced that voluntary early retirement packages will be offered to those workers potentially affected by the restructuring. As of 28th September 2007, staff representatives at Nestlé Grand Froid are currently negotiating the proposed job losses with management at the firm.
Sources
27 September 2007: Le Parisien
28 September 2007: Le Monde
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Nestlé Grand Froid, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 65854, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65854.
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