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.
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
220 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Estonian supermarket chain operator A-Selver will lay off 220 employees with the planned discontinuation of its operations in Latvia. The company opened 6 locations in Estonia in 2008. Council chairman Andres Järving said, "Selver decided to expand in Latvia at a time when the depth of the crisis that has taken place by now could not be predicted by anyone."
Sources
8 October 2009: The Baltic Course
Citation
Eurofound (2009), A-Selver, Closure in Latvia, factsheet number 69678, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69678.