French poultry firm Tilly-Sabco has gone into liquidation.
BFM Business is reporting the 63 employees at the company’s Guerlesquin factory are likely to lose their jobs.
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It reports the Commercial Court of Brest announced the liquidation of the poultry factory today (24 April).
Tilly-Sabco, which makes chicken sausages at a factory that once operated as a major slaughterhouse, entered administration late last month for the third time in four years.
BFM Business reports Tilly-Sabco had not found a buyer by the deadline of 13 April leaving the court with little option but to close it down.
Local media outlet Ouest France quoted employee Nadine Le Guen, a delegate for the CGT trade union, who had travelled to the court hearing, as expressing sadness “to see this factory, at one time full of life, empty”.
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By GlobalDataBut she told BFM: “We were expecting it unfortunately – it’s not a surprise.”
In March when the business went into administration, Valerie Leger, a lawyer for Tilly-Sabco, reportedly pointed to difficult market conditions and tough competition. When approached by just-food, Leger confirmed Tilly-Sabco has gone into liquidation but declined to comment further.
In 2016 the company was acquired by Dutch food group Wegdam Holding – which specialises in the production and distribution of frozen food products. just-food has contacted company director Brian Wegdam for a comment.
