NetCacao

Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Bouches-du-Rhône
Location of affected unit(s)
Saint-Menet (Bouches du Rhône)
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.8 - Manufacture of other food products
10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
19 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008

Description

NetCacao announced on 19 December 2006 that it would create 250 jobs between January 2007 and December 2008 in the chocolate factory of Marseilles in Saint-Menet, which was bought from Nestlé group in 2004.

In 2006, some 176 of 427 former workers of Nestle were employed by NetCacao.

NetCacao has been strongly increasing its activity and its sales turnover for several years. As a result, the company has decided to expand its production.

Sources

  • 20 December 2006: Le Parisien
  • 19 December 2006: AFP

Citation

Eurofound (2006), NetCacao, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64654, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64654.