Biscuit International Staff On Strike In France

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Employees astatine a Biscuit International mill successful France are connected onslaught for a 2nd time amid complaints complete moving conditions.

Staff astatine nan tract successful nan confederate municipality of Montauban declare conditions person “deteriorated” and workers are “burnt out”.

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There are concerns astir nan level of attraction astatine nan tract and a “lack of investment” astatine nan mill contempt warnings from workers, a waste and acquisition national connection read.

Staff person been “working connected nationalist holidays” while labor consciousness managers should make themselves much disposable to their teams.

There is, nan connection added, “a deficiency of spot and information for workers: we must put group backmost astatine nan bosom of nan company”.

The onslaught action started yesterday (11 September), has continued coming and “is expected to proceed until Monday, perchance longer”, an charismatic astatine nan FGTA-FO trade national told Just Food.

“The full mill is astatine a standstill; 100% of labor are connected onslaught retired of a workforce of 391,” nan charismatic added.

Just Food has approached Biscuit International for comment.

Private-label shaper Biscuit International has 32 factories crossed 9 European countries. It employs complete 5,000 staff.

The institution has had a beingness successful Montauban since nan 1880s erstwhile biscuit business Poult was formed.

A decade ago, Poult merged pinch Dutch counterpart Banketgroep, forming Biscuit International.

The business grew further during nan remainder of nan 2010s done nan acquisitions of A&W Feinbackwaren successful Germany, Northumbrian Fine Foods successful nan UK, Stroopwafel & Co. and Aviateur successful nan Netherlands, positive Arluy successful Spain.

In 2020, US private-equity patient Platinum Equity acquired Biscuit International from France’s Qualium Investissement, which had controlled nan business since 2014 erstwhile it bought a mostly liking successful Poult.

Biscuit International CEO Leon Taviansky took nan helm astatine nan business at nan commencement of 2023.

The institution generated revenues of €1.2bn ($1.41bn) successful 2024.