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COOP closing stores across the country
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February 2nd, 2015
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Supermarket chain closing doors to cut losses
Coop is closing 20 Fakta, Irma and Brugsen stores across the country. The closures will result in job losses, especially among younger workers. The chain said it will offer permanent employees a job at one of its other shops, but that it will not be able to offer 100 under-18 employees a new job.
“We will offer as many employees as we can jobs at one of our other stores,” Coop spokesperson Jens Juul Nielsen told Metroxpress.
The company said the stores in question had been operating at a loss, and that it did not think their fortunes would ever turn around.
Jobs disappearing
Anne-Marie Helt, a spokesperson for HK Handel, a union that represents supermarket employees, said the sector had been hard hit of late.
“There are many shops closing,” Helt said. “Kiwi stores recently closed in Jutland, and there are becoming fewer and fewer jobs to go round.”
The 20 Coop shops closing are:
Dagligbrusen, Ørslev
Lokalbrugsen, Snertinge
Lokalbrugsen, Ejsing
Lokalbrugsen, Hvidovre
Superbrugsen, Taastrup
Irma, Skovlunde Centre
Irma, Amager Landevej
Fakta, Jelling
Fakta, Bjæverskov
Fakta, Assens
Fakta, Kolding
Fakta, Mårslet
Fakta, Svebølle
Fakta, Padborg
Fakta, Augustenborg
Fakta, Fensmark
Fakta, Hals
Fakta, Brædstrup
Fakta, Egtved
Fakta, Lyngby
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