Jumbo takes La Place – Financieele Dagblad

The curators of V & D and La Place, making Tuesday announced that they have reached agreement on the sale of the La Place restaurants outside the V & amp; D department stores to Jumbo Groep Holding

The Brabant supermarket company will all assets, the service and all the restaurants and sales outlets outside the V & amp.; D department stores take over and exploited it under the La Place brand.

The assets of the La Place branches in the stores were acquired, but to continue these curators must first find a party that V & amp;. D will take

It is according to a spokesman for Jumbo as yet to an acquisition of 61 branches, six of which are abroad. These will be expected to take five to ten are closed.

Employment

This transaction is under Jumbo employment for more than 90% of the 1600 to 1700 employees of the La Place headquarters and the branches outside the stores guaranteed.

“This bodes well for a part of the La Place employees on job retention ‘, says union official Niels Suijker of FNV Trade. “But it’s still not clear how many employees, the acquisition ultimately solace.

Director Martijn de Heijer CNV Professionals hopes The acquisition is the prelude to even more good news. “Of course I’m happy for that La Place where people already know now that they keep their jobs. And I hope that this may also apply to the remaining people at La Place in the department stores and the store employees themselves.

Fate of those employees is related to the contract who hope to make the curators for V & D. The trustees also short-term hope to complete the negotiations. There are two serious candidates, so the trustees report Tuesday.

Synergies

Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd says the La Place restaurants and supermarkets Jumbo and strengthen each other. This should include an exchange of modules, products and concepts between the two formulas.

“The traditional separation between supermarkets and food catering is disappearing ‘, says Van Eerd. “Our customers want to choose where, when and what they eat. New developments such as convenience “eat it or take it” concepts, as well as e-commerce, offer plenty of opportunities to play better here on in. While it is still too early to be specific here, it is clear to us that there are a lot of opportunities. “

Restart

The acquisition price was not disclosed. La Place counts according to the website some 250 branch offices, part of which is located in the department stores.

The sale of the Restaurants La Place enlarged Jumbo according to the curators the chance of a successful relaunch of the V & amp;. D department stores and its established restaurants and outlets of La Place considerably