More than 300 Casino hypermarkets and supermarkets will be bought by Intermarché and Auchan. The Minister of Labor, guest on Franceinfo 8.30 this Tuesday, ensures that he is monitoring the situation “carefully”.
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“The government wants the takeover and then sale projects“Casino group protect”maximum jobs“, says the Minister of Labor, guest on 8:30 am Franceinfo this Tuesday. More than three hundred Casino hypermarkets and supermarkets will be bought by the Intermarché group allied with Auchan. This scenario is being followed with “attention“by the Ministry of Labor and that of the Economy, but”we have to be honest, concedes Olivier Dussopt, these are private companies which have freedom of decision“.
No discussions yet with the Ministry of Labor
“The various discussions of which we are aware lead us to think“that the buyers take”commitments” for the “preserve“the jobs of the group’s 50,000 French employees, says the Minister of Labor.”The question arises of the 1,700 employees of the Casino headquarters in Saint-Etienne“, he tempers.
HAS “this stage“, the Ministry of Labor has not started discussions with the buyers of Casino, Intermarché and Auchan but “all ministries are mobilized to support the best offers and see how things can happen in the best conditions“, indicates Olivier Dussopt.
