Kraft Foods is set to close two sites in Europe in the wake of its takeover of Cadbury.
The US food group confirmed to just-food today (10 May) that Cadbury’s continental European office in the Swiss town Rolle will close to merge operations with Kraft’s Zurich office.
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Meanwhile, an office in Barcelona will also close. Both Kraft and Cadbury had offices in the Catalan city although a decision has yet to be made on which site would close.
A spokesperson for Kraft’s European operations said the Milka chocolate maker had decided to keep open its office in Zurich as the HQ of the combined group’s businesses on the continent.
The spokesperson said a consultation process with the 100 staff employed in the Rolle office had begun but added that no date had been confirmed for the closure of the office.
In Spain, Kraft plans to have offices in Madrid and Barcelona. However, a spokesman for Kraft’s business in Spain said the company is planning to close one of two sites in Barcelona, where the US group and Cadbury have both had offices.
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By GlobalData“Our intention is to consolidate our teams in that city in a single office. Details such as the specific location of the future combined office in Barcelona or the timings of the move have not been decided yet,” the spokesman said.
He added that the location of the future office could either be Cadbury or Kraft’s current office, or a new location.
“We aim to create a combined culture, and this will be no doubt accelerated in a single office in Barcelona, apart from the practical advantages of having our combined organization in the same location,” the spokesman said.
