Arla Foods has announced it is restructuring its UK business, a move which sees 100 jobs put at risk.
After a series of moves in the country, including last year’s merger with Milk Link, the dairy giant said it was “taking the natural step to tighten its organisation through a restructure that will increase its focus on building its brands, upweight its innovation and deliver even more for its customers”.
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Arla is proposing a reduction of 100 positions with the affected staff entering into a consultation process. Peter Giørtz-Carlsen, executive vice president of Arla Foods UK, said the co-op would be working “to limit the number of proposed redundancies” but was sure the plans would leave it “better placed” for the future.
“I know that there are many more opportunities open for us to drive dairy further and that we can make it even more exciting for our customers and consumers. The changes that we have announced will enable us to dial-up our innovation and use the inherent healthy credentials that dairy has to offer. We have ambitious plans next year including further investment in our Arla brand and launching a range of new products in our current and new categories,” Giortz-Carlsen said.
