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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 December 2025
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Unicoop Etruria plans closing 24 stores across Central Italy affecting 340 workers, including 10 Umbrian locations (6 Coop, 4 Superconti), plus eliminating 180 administrative positions at Castiglione del Lago and Vignale (Livorno) headquarters. The 2025-2027 industrial plan presented Monday in Rome targets loss reduction and network rationalization following Coop Centro Italia-Unicoop Tirreno merger.
Umbrian closures include Coop stores in Perugia San Sisto, Bastia Umbra, Tavernelle, and Cannara, plus Superconti locations in Amelia, Perugia via Settevalli, Todi, Acquasparta, and two Terni sites (via Turati, Cospea). Across Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, and Marche, closures stem from unsustainable economics due to changed market conditions or same-brand store overlaps.
Filcams CGIL, Fisascat CISL, and Uiltucs (trade unions) immediately declared agitation status, announcing strike hours to be defined in upcoming assemblies. Unions contest intervention scale, demanding employment protection guarantees while criticizing the plan for imposing past inefficient management costs on workers rather than delivering promised investment. Announced investments appear minimal against drastic employment and commercial perimeter interventions, with hundreds facing potential redundancy and unclear relocation possibilities.
Umbria Region convened December 9 union discussions and December 12 company-union meetings following close monitoring since merger initiation.
Updated 7/03/2026:
Following an agreement between Unicoop Etruria and the trade unions regarding the second phase of the 2025–27 business plan, 180 workers at the Vignale Riotorto headquarters, as well as those in Castiglione del Lago, Terni and Rome, will be eligible for a redundancy incentive scheme.
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