Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North West; Cheshire;
Location of affected unit(s)
Middlewich
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco In Specialised Stores
47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores

426 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
1 March 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Supermarket chain Tesco announced plans to close its distribution centre in Middlewich resulting in the loss of 426 jobs. The cuts are a result of Tesco's decision to halt plans to build a superstore in the area. The company has been in consultation with unions and hopes to deploy staff to different sites and to keep compulsory redundancies to a minimum.


Sources

  • 1 March 2010: BBC News ()

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Tesco, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70269, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70269.