The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture of food and beverage Manufacture of food products 10.71 - Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
352 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
8 July 2025
Foreseen end date
8 December 2025
Description
Bimbo, a Mexican multinational food company specialised in baked goods, has announced a collective redundancy plan (ERE) in Spain affecting up to 352 workers within its distribution network, a move that has sparked intense criticism from trade unions.
The company attributes the decision to ongoing financial losses, though union representatives argue that the restructuring reflects a profit-driven strategy at the expense of employment security. This latest measure adds to a pattern of closures, including three factories in Valladolid, Madrid, and Alicante over the past eight years, alongside reduced engagement with self-employed distributors (TRADE).
CCOO has denounced the ERE as part of a broader dismantling of Bimbo’s commercial network, highlighting its damaging impact on job stability. Workers are mobilising in protest, seeking to raise public awareness and resist what they deem an unjust decision. The controversy has raised broader questions about corporate ethics and the balance between profitability and social responsibility in a context of growing labour unrest and organisational uncertainty.
Bimbo already presented two closures affecting 170 and 116 workers in 2022 Bimbo 2022-ES and 2024 Bimbo 2024-ES
Eurofound (2025), Bimbo, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 202710, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202710.
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