Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Czechia
Region
Stredni Morava; Zlinsky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Slušovice
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products
New offshoring locations
France

100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 February 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 May 2011

Description

Yoplait Czech, a subsidiary of French dairy firm Yoplait, has decided to close the yogurt production plant in Slušovice which will result in 100 job cuts by the end of May 2011. The French company plans to move production back to France. Redundant workers have been promised high severance pay and job search assistance. Yoplait operates in approximately fifty countries.


Sources

  • 22 February 2011: MF Dnes

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Yoplait Czech, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 71637, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71637.