Paty Owners Will Expel 40% of Avex Poultry Employees

The Brazilian BRF holding, affected by corruption cases in his country, is advancing in its process of divestment in Argentina.

The owner of the food group of brands like Paty, Vienissima and Quickfood, confirmed the dismissal of 200 employees of his poultry leg, Avex in Río Cuarto, as reported by Página 12.

The giant owns several refrigerators in Argentina. Among them is Avex, the poultry factory based in the city of Cordoba that will lay off 160 people and will not renew the contracts to others 40 workers.

In the morning indicated that the Meat Union has brought the final payroll to the Ministry of Labor, while the company is waiting for this portfolio to approve the Crisis Prevention Procedure . it was presented more than a month ago

. The disinvestment of the multinational had already had repercussions on other facilities of Quickfood in the city of Baradero where had dismissed 180 workers and put in implement a voluntary retirement plan for the rest of the staff.

Now, the badets of the Buenos Aires plant have been on sale. The BRF holding landed at Rio Cuarto at the end of 2011, with a direct investment of US $ 150 million.

BRF's board of directors in Brazil has long been confronted with a crisis caused by several ] corruption scandals . In late March, several leaders were arrested and the company saw its sales stalled in the European Union and Russia.

In this context, the financial director, Lorival Luz, foresaw that the operation would cancel the less profitable units and which would retain Brazil

The company then announced a plan of cession which included operations in Argentina, Europe and Thailand to concentrate their transactions on the Brazilian market (of origin), Asian and Muslim.

"These are markets in which the company occupies a leading position and has strong competitive advantages. The objective is to improve the structure It said in a communication sent to the National Securities Commission (CNV) .There will also be a reduction of staff in Brazil, with the objective of saving 5,000 million reais.

In Argentina , the company runs almost two-thirds of the market burgers and About a third market sausages reported Page. [19659004] Last year, the group lost $ 434 million in Argentina due to the increased costs and "contingencies of the corporation for civil, judicial, Taxation. "

Avex, the poultry division of the Group, adds to adjustment in a complex scenario for the poultry industry facing the rising costs, informal and lack of competitiveness

Currently Avex works about 32 000 birds a day so there is no Only one shift and directly employs over 500 people. Until now, about 50 workers would have accepted the voluntary retirement offered by the company last month.