The famous manufacturer of supermarket trolleys Caddie hopes to find a buyer to face its difficulties after its declaration of suspension of payment, said its CEO Stéphane Dedieu on Tuesday.
“
To date, there is no one who has come forward, but we are just at the very beginning of the procedure and for me it is obvious that a beautiful house like Caddy will inevitably attract an industrialist,
” he said. he stated on RMC.
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The company based in Dettwiller, Alsace, declared itself insolvent on Monday due to an accumulation of difficulties which have exhausted its cash flow. A hearing is due to take place on Tuesday morning before the commercial chamber of the judicial court of Saverne (Bas-Rhin) to determine the conditions for his bankruptcy. A simple "
pass
" for Stéphane Dedieu, who claims to have reorganized the industrialization process and to have "a
lot of arguments to be able to continue with a new buyer
".
In the meantime, the 140 or so employees of the company, who have not yet been paid for the month of December, "
will be paid this week [...] normally on
January 7", thanks to guaranteed wages insurance. , he argued.
The boss of the company called "
Les Ateliers Reunis Caddie
", which invented in 1928 the metal trolley for supermarkets, admitted that it was used less and less in Europe due to changes in consumer habits but that 'there was still a "
necessary
" product.
“
You can't sell without a cart, so I still believe in a takeover
,” he said.
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The " Caddy
" brand
, which has become a common name, has grown with the rise of the consumer society, before undergoing two legal reorganizations, in 2012 and then in 2014. In the summer of 2020, the company held at 70% since 2018 by the Polish Damix had cut fifty jobs and regrouped its production activities of forklifts for mass distribution on the only site of Dettwiller (Bas-Rhin).