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
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2009
Foreseen end date
31 July 2009
Description
The Danish brewer Carlsberg is to dismiss 150 employees at its central brewery in Fredericia. This was announced in the press 15. january 2009. 100 will be made redundant while 50 jobs will dissapear through natural wastage. According to management, the reasons for the redundancies are the economic crisis and a decline in sales and a general uncertainty regarding changes in consumers' habits.
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Carlsberg, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 67865, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67865.