The German distribution group Aldi has announced the closure of 31 stores under its Leader Price banner and has promised to reclassify their 240 employees, we learned on Tuesday from a union source, the management indicating for its part that sites "
will be ceded
”.
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Despite the promises to keep Aldi management in employment throughout the negotiations for the takeover of Leader Price, Aldi France management has just announced a first round of closures of 31 stores
", wrote the CGT Commerce, majority union at Leader Price, in a press release.
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The objective is to bring together our network of Aldi stores in France and that of Leader Price, which are geographically very complementary
".
Stores, "
for reasons of competition or too close to our network, will not be converted and will be sold,
" admitted the management of Aldi, requested by AFP, without specifying the number of sites concerned.
These closures were announced in the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) on December 10 and should take place at the end of July for 40% of them and at the end of September for 60%, told AFP Laurent Lemoult, CGT union representative of Leader. Price Exploitation.
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Management is committed to reclassifying the 240 employees
" of these stores, he said.
“
We want to keep all jobs (...).
Employees will naturally be supported and will benefit from internal mobility within the Aldi network
”, for his part stressed the group's management.
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"1500 employees in uncertainty"
Laurent Lemoult also assured that the CGT had been informed of "
leaks about a total of 130 stores
" intended for closure, including a hundred Leader Price stores not forming part of the Leader Price Exploitation subsidiary, including the scope includes 119 stores on more than 500 Leader Price sites in France.
"
According to our estimates, 1,500 employees are in complete uncertainty as to their future within Aldi,
" writes the CGT Commerce on this subject.
