The company said it intends to retain four plants in Canada, at Valleyfield, Amherstburg, Gimli and Lethbridge, employing around 1,000 people. Since the acquisition of Seagram in December 2001, the company has had over-capacity in bottling in Canada.
CANADA: Guinness UDV to close two bottling plants
Guinness UDV Canada is to close down two of its bottling plants, with the loss of 265 jobs. The company said it plans to shut down its bottling plant in west Toronto early next year, while another bottling plant, in La Salle, Quebec, will be closed in late-2003 or early-2004. Some 55 jobs will be lost at the Toronto unit, while the La Salle closure will result in 210 redundancies.
June 27, 2002