Takeover puts brewery purchasing jobs at risk_2
19 July 2012
Belgian brewer Interbrew is planning “substantial” procurement job losses and a reduction in suppliers following the takeover of British-based Bass Brewers and Whitbread Beer Company, according to an Interbrew UK spokesman.
Interbrew would not confirm how many losses were anticipated or what suppliers would be affected. But it acknowledged that when two businesses merged, core departments, like procurement, were the first to be hit.
The job losses seem likely to come from Bass, which is not predicted to join the group until later this year after EU and UK regulatory scrutiny....