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Motherboard, Instacart is laying off 1,877 workers who were classified as employees at the company. Among those included in the layoffs are 10 workers in Illinois who in 2020 were the first to unionize within the company. Instacart informed the United Foods and Commercial Workers union, which represents the workers from Illinois, in a letter it sent to the organization.
“We know this is an incredibly challenging time for many as we move through the COVID-19 crisis, and we’re doing everything we can to support in-store shoppers through this transition,” Instacart said in a blog post it published on January 19th, which alluded to the layoffs. The company is providing severance packages to those affected by the move, as well as trying to place them in open positions either in the company itself or at its retail partners. Instacart told
CEO interview: UAE’s United Foods expands beverage portfolio, outlines innovation and sustainability efforts United Foods Company, an UAE-based manufacturer and distributor of edible oils, fats and frozen foods, has outlined plans to expand its beverage portfolio this year in an exclusive interview with FoodNavigator-Asia.
The company is a distributor of frozen foods in UAE, importing French fries from Belgium, frozen vegetables from Egypt and Spain, as well as cheese from India.
In addition, it is the exclusive distributor for international brands such as Oreo, Cadbury and Mondelez ice cream in UAE.
The beverage portfolio currently consists of a water line, sold under the Jeema brand. The company hopes to add less sweetened and non-sweetened drinks into the portfolio.