The distributor Crossing is considering cutting nearly 1,000 jobs at its French headquarters, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, confirming news reports while the group declined to comment.
“We do not comment, we favor dialogue with the social partners,” said the Carrefour group’s statement to AFP on Wednesday, after the publication of articles from the letter to EITHER LSAs notably.
Letter A indicated that “according to (its) information, a thousand jobs are destined only for the French perimeter of the group” which has headquarters in Massy (Essonne), Evry (Essonne) and Mondeville (Calvados), and that the Europe- the broad total is “still being evaluated.” A source familiar with the matter assured AFP that the number of jobs affected in France would be less than 1,000.
Further restructuring is expected by the end of the year
apart from the General Assembly of the Group on FridayThe CFDT union had indicated on Twitter to expect “a new restructuring to be announced before the end of the year”, adding that “unions should soon be invited to negotiate specific backing seats for this new exit plan”.
But the unions contacted by AFP on Tuesday and Wednesday have not yet been officially informed of the terms of this long-awaited plan to “transform the jobs”, and preferred to wait for more information before taking an official position.
During the presentation of its strategic plan for the distributor for 2026, its CEO, Alexandre Bompard, announced a new “cost savings” plan of 4,000 million euros, which includes “significant workforce reductions in each” European headquarters.
The CEO of the group did not give any indication about the scope of these reductions, simply indicating that “in Europe there is enormous potential to exploit pooling” and that “everything that must be put in common in our organization will be”.
Source: BFM TV
