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 Beverages 11.05 - Manufacture of beer
214 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, unveiled a turnaround strategy for Brasseries Kronenbourg, the loss-making French beer company that it acquired earlier this year from Scottish & Newcastle. It will involve cutting 214 of 1,390 jobs. Carlsberg is looking to cut 15% of its workforce at its French subsidiary Brasseries Kronenbourg.
The brewer, which took control of Kronenbourg when it teamed up with Heineken to buy Scottish & Newcastle earlier this year, confirmed that a “complete reorganisation” of the unit will lead to 214 job losses by the end of 2010. Kronenbourg currently employs 1,390 in France: Obernai, Strasbourg and Paris. The unit said it intended to carry out the restructuring in a socially responsible manner.
Sources
31 October 2008: L'Humanité
25 October 2008: Le Monde
24 October 2008: Les Echos
24 October 2008: La Tribune
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Kronenbourg, Merger/Acquisition in France, factsheet number 67331, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67331.
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