A few months after its social plan in France, Auchan closes 25 stores and removes 700 jobs in Spain – Liberation
THE Mulliez group Always struggle to get out of his economic difficulties. And it is its employees in the Iberian peninsula that this time will pay the price. The Auchan distributor announced this Thursday, May 8, the closure of 25 of its supermarkets in Spain on Thursday, May 8 as part of a restructuring plan which will result in more than 700 posts. At the end of 2024, A vast social plan had already taken place on our side of the Pyreneeswith site closures and 2,400 threatened jobs.
« Trade is experiencing a deep transformation », that requires « Adapt to these new purchasing habits that make consumers prefer smaller and practical establishments », Treck to justify the distributor in a press release, which operates in Spain under the name of Alcampo. And the group to announce reorganizing its activities in this country via a plan responding « To new consumption trends », Who « will involve the closure of 25 supermarkets in difficulty ” Of the 540 that the company holds today and « Will affect 710 employees out of a total workforce of 23,300 », he adds.
According to the distributor from northern France, the sites concerned are part of a « Lot of 224 supermarkets » Acquired in 2023 from the DIA group. « The 3,600 employees will gradually be integrated into the Alcampo teams as the stores are transferred », explained in 2022 then the group. The supermarkets chosen by Auchan « Did not correspond to his model » Or « The location was not ideal », Affirms the company. Who insists: this « Transformation is essential to recover the results and guarantee sustainable growth in each of the stores ».
The Syndicat Ouvrières commissions (CCOO), to whom this social plan was exposed, said in a statement wanting « Approaching this difficult situation, which is new in the company, keeping in mind that the main objective is the maintenance of employment ». « In the event that workers are to leave the company », it’s necessary « Let them do it in the best possible conditions », insists the union.
