Company detailsCode: ContinentalFoodsCompany name: Continental FoodsCompany country: BelgiumNumber of employees: 1300Sector: C - ManufacturingSector detail: C10 - Manufacture of food products Reshoring detailsReshoring announcement date: 14/03/2014Starting implementation date: March, 2014End of Implementation : December, 2014Reshored to: BelgiumLocation of affected unit(s): PuursLocation code: BE212Reshored business function: ProductionPartial or Total reshoring: TotalReshoring governance mode: In house (in own facilities)Estimated job gains: 15Reasons for reshoring: Automation of production processEconomic crisisKnow-how in the home countryUnattractiveness of the offshore marketUntapped production capacityReshoring ERM database code: continental-foodsCase narrative: Food producer Continental Foods (formerly Campbells) is to close its site in Kristianstad, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs. The company intends to move production of dry products to Belgium with the loss of 69 jobs. Another 40 jobs will be lost as a result of the outsourcing of the logistics management to another firm and relocation of the sales and support functions to Lund, Sweden. Employees were not expecting this announcement. The reasons given for the closure were the low volumes produced at the site - which was operating at 15% of capacity according to the company - and a drop in demand for dried soups, sauces and desserts. Trade union negotiations are to commence within a week. The relocation will take place by the end of the year. Continental Foods bought European activities from Campbell soups in 2013. Sources: Kristianstadsbladet, 14/03/2014 Food Supply, 17/03/2014 Sources link: http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/kristianstad/article2113016/110-jobb-f... http://www.just-food.com/news/continental-foods-completes-factory-expans... Offshoring detailsOffshoring date: 2001Offshoring location: SwedenOffshoring entry mode: Wholly ownedReason for offshoring: Merger and Acquisition
