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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
123 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
2 October 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Suchard, part of Kraft Foods France, announced on 4 September 2006 the reduction of the number of employees in its manufacturing plant of chocolate in the east of France (Strasbourg). The site, that currently employs 380 people, will shed 123 jobs between October 2006 and December 2007 as a result of a remarkable decrease in production. In this sense, in 2006 10,000 tonnes of chocolate were produced as opposed to 15,000 tonnes in 2003.
Sources
6 September 2006: La Tribune
6 September 2006: Les Echos
5 September 2006: Agence France Presse
7 September 2006: Le Monde
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Suchard Strasbourg, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 64010, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64010.
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