Nestle to cut 46 jobs

NESTLE Trinidad and Tobago has confirmed that 46 jobs will be cut across its sales and warehousing teams as it prepares to transfer its distribution operations to Massy Integrated Retail Ltd.

Of the employees affected, 30 have opted for voluntary separation packages, while 16 have been retrenched, Nestle said in a statement.

The job cuts follow the company’s October 1 announcement that Massy Integrated Retail, through its Distribution Division, would become the main distributor of Nestlé products in Trinidad and Tobago.