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Selecta will cut a third of its workforce

The French subsidiary of the Swiss group Selecta confirmed, Thursday, October 22, the elimination of 459 jobs, out of a workforce of 1,600. The French leader in food and drink vending machines has nine regional branches, including in the West , one to Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (Loire Atlantique).

Owned by the American fund KKR, Selecta has been going through serious financial difficulties for several months. In the second quarter, its worldwide sales fell by half to 212 million euros.

An “incredible situation”

In France, the Force Ouvrière union denounces what it considers to have been a mistake, the merger with competitor Pelican Rouge, three years ago.

For its part, the national federation of automatic sales and services (Navsa), which brings together the entire sector of the automatic distribution of drinks and food, alerts on “The incredible situation that the pandemic is inflicting on a sector of 55,000 jobs, mainly made up of small businesses ”, according to its delegate general Yoann Chuffart.

“When they are not located in places that have been closed, our machines are very often condemned as a precaution, or abandoned by employees working from home. “ However, denounces Yoann Chuffart, “ While our companies see their turnover cut by 50 to 80%, they are not eligible for the same support measures as, for example, gas stations, food wholesalers or cinemas. It has been months since we alerted the government, then led by Edward Philippe. 25,000 jobs are threatened in the short term. But we still don’t have an answer. “

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