Through a number of measures, Danish Crown has today taken the next step towards ensuring that the Group will remain a competitive business in future. More than 50 administrative jobs will be cut in both the Pork Division and the group functions, on top of the approx. 30 administrative positions which the Tulip Food Company has cut in recent months.

As part of the cost cuts, a number of administrative positions are being cut in both DC and Tulip.

Considerable savings
In recent years, Danish Crown’s Danish departments have witnessed huge changes. We have implemented cost savings totalling DKK 470 million – with the decisions made in the past month alone accounting for savings to the tune of DKK 210 million. We have closed down ten Danish departments and laid off 2,600 employees, and the most recent measures are only some of the steps which are needed to cut costs in the company and to be able to present a reliable and competitive budget for 2009/10, says Kjeld Johannesen, CEO of Danish Crown.

More measures
Capacity cuts in the Beef Division, the establishment of a combined unit under Danish Crown Nordic and moving Friland’s head office to Randers are some of the elements which, under the heading DC Future, will ensure a reduction in costs and thus a honing of competitiveness at one of Europe’s biggest pig slaughterhouses.