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Cologne / Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler –
Germany’s largest beverage manufacturer is being built, which is why a traditional German brand is going to disappear from the retail sector. Apollinaris (which has been around since the mid-19th century) will soon no longer be found on supermarket shelves for customers.
Coca-Cola is closing and downsizing several locations in Germany. 485 jobs will be cut, while around 120 will be created elsewhere, as Coca-Cola European Partners Deutschland GmbH (CCEP) announced on Thursday in Berlin.
The cola bottling plant in Liederbach near Frankfurt with 250 employees will close next year, while a buyer is still being sought for the Sodenthaler Mineralbrunnen in Sulzbach near Aschaffenburg.
In Bad Neuenahr, Rhineland-Palatinate, the Apollinaris brand is limited to gastronomic products. Coca-Cola took over the traditional brand in 2006.
Coca-Cola is cutting jobs, Apollinaris is exiting retail
In the competitive low-priced retail sector, the well-known brand will no longer be available from March 2021, as the company announced. Around 80 employees should opt for this.
The Coca-Cola company, Germany’s largest beverage maker with around 7,500 employees, says it wants to avoid layoffs and engage in conversations with employee representatives. In addition to severance pay, alternative activities are offered in the metropolitan areas of Frankfurt and Karlsruhe.
Great outrage in the NGG union
The NGG union reacted indignantly. “Coca-Cola in Germany is still in the black!” Declared Southwest state president Uwe Hildebrandt. “Closing locations despite the gains does not show that we are acting responsibly towards the employees who have made these gains. That’s pure greed for profit. “You will fight for every job together with the works council.
In a press release from the NGG he continues: “For the employees directly affected by the downsizing and their families, this is disaster news.” (dpa / mg)
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