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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
138 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2015
Foreseen end date
31 May 2015
Description
On 30 March, the commercial court of Strasbourg has decided to liquidate the supermarket network Coop Alsace leading to the dismissal of the last 150 employees by the end of April. The court also has approved the only takeover plan presented which implies the re-employment of 12 employees by a local entreprise.
The company has experienced four social plans in the last six years: the most recent in 2013 and 2011. In 2013, it cut about 210 positions whilein 2012, the group launched a voluntary redundancy plan with 409 departures. The group employed 4,200 employees in 2009. Several legal proceedings are pending against former managers accused of embezzlement.
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Sources
30 March 2015: Le Monde
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Coop Alsace, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 83578, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83578.
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