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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.39 - Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
110 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 June 2022
Employment effect (start)
8 June 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
The fresh fruit and vegetable cooperative Agrial has announced 110 job cuts in France. It has presented a safeguard employment plan; it mainly affects its 'fresh vegetables and fruit' branch, which recorded a deficit of €18.6 million in 2021. Known through its 'Florette', 'Créaline' and 'Priméale' brands, in 2021 Agrial had to cope with a context of overproduction, which pulled demand and prices down. The outlook for 2022 is not good, because of the strong rise in inflation. The job cuts will be made in the cooperative's support functions, i.e., in commercial and management activities. No positions in production will be affected.
The company has a total workforce of 3,000 in France.
Eurofound (2022), Agrial, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 106979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106979.
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