The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 June 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2008
Description
Bakalland, Poland’s largest retail distributor of dried fruit and nut mixes, is planning to purchase new technological equipment in order to upgrade its two sorting and packing facilities in Janów Podlaski and Osina, Bełchatów. Activation of the new machines will lead to job losses totalling 250, to be achieved by mid-2008, in order to reduce costs. Since the beginning of 2007, Bakalland has already shed 130 jobs, going from a workforce of 480 to 350.
Sources
27 June 2007: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Bakalland, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 65549, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65549.
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