Kraft Foods is preparing to announce “several hundred” job cuts across its North American operations in an effort to cut costs, according to reports.

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The cuts are expected to cover “roughly” 1% of the food giant’s North American workforce, Dow Jones Newswires said today (6 October). 


Kraft is said to employ around 46,000 people in the US.


Kraft was not immediately available for comment.  

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