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.
Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 11.0 - Manufacture of beverages 11.05 - Manufacture of beer
214 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, unveiled a turnaround strategy for Brasseries Kronenbourg, the loss-making French beer company that it acquired earlier this year from Scottish & Newcastle. It will involve cutting 214 of 1,390 jobs. Carlsberg is looking to cut 15% of its workforce at its French subsidiary Brasseries Kronenbourg.
The brewer, which took control of Kronenbourg when it teamed up with Heineken to buy Scottish & Newcastle earlier this year, confirmed that a “complete reorganisation” of the unit will lead to 214 job losses by the end of 2010. Kronenbourg currently employs 1,390 in France: Obernai, Strasbourg and Paris. The unit said it intended to carry out the restructuring in a socially responsible manner.
Sources
31 October 2008: L'Humanité
25 October 2008: Le Monde
24 October 2008: Les Echos
24 October 2008: La Tribune
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Kronenbourg, Merger/Acquisition in France, factsheet number 67331, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67331.
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