The food giant Nestlé, based in the Swiss city of Vevey, confirmed today that it will cut 94 jobs at its Nescafé plant in Tutbury (United Kingdom), one of three dedicated in Europe to the manufacture of Dolce capsules. Gusto, whose demand has fallen after the end of the pandemic.
A spokesman for the multinational confirmed this decision to the Swiss agency AWP, noting that they are in talks with the affected personnel.
The separations are due “to a significant drop in demand for Dolce Gusto products, which has left several production lines unused or with low activity.”
The Tutbury factory, located between Manchester and Liverpool, was expanded in 2011 with an investment of 110 million pounds (124 million Swiss francs), until adding a staff of a thousand employees in 2016 that produces some 35,000 tons of coffee per year for 70 countries.
The factory was built in 1901, initially for the production of condensed milk, although in 1959 it was converted to manufacture Nestlé soluble coffee.
After growth in the coffee market in capsules and similar formats during the pandemic, in 2020 and 2021, the sector has regressed, due to the return to the consumption of this drink outdoors.
This article is originally published on biobiochile.cl