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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
304 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
On 26 October 2011, les Coopérateurs de Normandie, a supermarket chain, announced to its Works Council the redundancy plan by which 304 employees will be dismissed.
The company intends to reduce the workforce of its discount chain Le Mutant and of its storage unit and headquarter (82 positions), both located in Le Grand-Quevilly (Seine-Martime). The group cut 230 positions in 2011 (see here).
Eurofound (2012), Coopérateurs de Normandie Picardie, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 74422, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74422.
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