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Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10.3 - Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables 10.31 - Processing and preserving of potatoes
132 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The crisps manufacturer Flodor (owned by the Italian group Unichips) has announced on Friday 24 December 2004 it will cut 132 jobs at its Péronne manufacture. In 2002, Flodor had already shed 80 jobs. Unichips is willing to keep the manufacture running but needs to reduce the volume produced and create new products adapted to the specific capacities of the site.
Sources
24 December 2004: Yahoo actualités
27 December 2004: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Flodor, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 60936, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60936.