As of: March 1, 2024, 8:08 p.m
By: Felix Herz
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A major customer delivers fewer animals and the slaughterhouse makes a weekly loss of 40,000 euros.
The future of the company is at stake.
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The economic situation of the municipal slaughterhouse in Bamberg has deteriorated dramatically.
165 employees fear for their jobs.
Bamberg – The 165 employees of the municipal slaughterhouse in Bamberg face an uncertain professional future.
The city in Upper Franconia announced on Friday, March 1st that the company's financial situation had deteriorated significantly in the last two months.
Slaughterhouse in Bamberg looks into an uncertain future – employees facing job loss?
“Because the battle figures can no longer be calculated, a liquidity bottleneck arises, which now forces action,” explained the city administration.
The decision on the future of the slaughterhouse, originally scheduled for June, has now been brought forward.
The city council is scheduled to discuss the new situation on March 20th.
According to city data, a major customer is delivering fewer animals for slaughter, resulting in a weekly shortfall of 350 cattle needed to make the operation profitable.
This results in the slaughterhouse recording a weekly deficit of 40,000 euros.
Those responsible point out that the entire industry is currently in an uncertain situation.
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Apartments instead of slaughterhouses – politicians discuss the future of the company
The debate about the future of the Bamberg slaughterhouse is not new.
Some local politicians see the site as a potential location for housing construction.
Possible funding from the Free State was also recently considered, but according to the city, this fell through.
The city has emphasized in the past that the slaughterhouse plays an important role for the meat market in northern Bavaria.
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