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 Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat
159 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
5 August 2014
Foreseen end date
30 September 2014
Description
The meat producer Danish Crown announced plans to cut 159 jobs as a consequence of supply decline. The redundancies affect several abattoirs: 80 employees in Faaborg, 26 in Blans, 29 in Herning and 24 in Ringsted. Some of the redundancies refer to seasonal jobs.
As reported the company expressed its concern about the declining number of pigs coming from the Danish farmers.
Danish Crown has around 5,500 employees in Denmark.
Sources
4 August 2014: Børsen
4 August 2014: The Local
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Danish Crown, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 77399, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77399.
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