Nestle to cut 16,000 jobs

The world's biggest packaged nutrient company, Nestle, is to chopped 16,000 jobs successful the adjacent 2 years, it announced connected Thursday.

The cuts astir the satellite travel arsenic the institution said it was "automating" its processes.

Losses volition chiefly beryllium successful white-collar, nonrecreational parts of the business, with 12,000 roles to go. Around 4,000 manufacturing and proviso concatenation jobs are to beryllium lost, Nestle said.

The institution is down brands specified arsenic Nescafe, Cheerios, KitKat, and Rolos.

The interaction connected Nestle's British workforce was not instantly wide from the update, but it has been contacted.

There are Nestle factories, organisation centres and offices crossed England, Scotland and Wales.

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