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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco 47.25 - Retail sale of beverages
320 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
A Cheshire-based company that trades under the names the Booze Buster, Simply Drinks and Simply Food & Drinks has announced 320 job losses. The company called in administrators Deloitte who have sold 109 of the 170 stores in the chain protecting 640 jobs.
Sources
1 October 2009: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Wine Cellar, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69633, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69633.