Match & Smatch Store Closures: Impact on Workers and Communities

2024-01-02 14:03:00

Of the 27 Match and Smatch stores which were not taken over by Colruyt Group, 19 have not found a buyer and will therefore close their doors at the start of the year, management announced on Tuesday. Seven stores will, however, be taken over by another brand and negotiations are still underway for the Match store in Beaumont.

Les magasins qui n’ont pas repreneur sont les Match de Knesselaere, Kluisbergen, Waasmunster, Mouscron et les Match de Cuesmes, Jemappes, Haaltert, Mechelen, Stembert, Moerbeke, Assenede, Zulte, Tienen, Jodoigne, Deerlijk, Maldegem, Eksaarde , Kalken et Zeveneken. Ils seront fermés entre mi-janvier et mars.

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The 163 people active in these stores will benefit from the social plan negotiated on December 1.

At the end of September, Colruyt Group and the Match and Profi subsidiaries of the Louis Delhaize group concluded an agreement for the former to take over 57 Match and Smatch stores in Belgium. No candidate then showed interest in taking over the 27 remaining stores and logistics services.

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