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Dutch brewery Heineken said on Wednesday that it plans to cut 8,000 employees, almost 10% of its global workforce, as part of a cost-cutting reorganization after a year dominated by a pandemic that led to a net loss of 204 million euros (US $ 248 million)
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With bars and pubs around the world closed during coronavirus blocks and alcohol bans in some of its markets, Heineken sold 8% less beer than in 2019. Revenue fell by almost 17%, to 23.8 billion euros.
CEO Dolf van den Brink described 2020 as “a year of unprecedented disruption and transition” for the brewery.
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The company said the pandemic “continues to have a material impact on our top-notch performance, affecting all geographies and markets, as governments around the world have taken steps to mitigate contagion, including restricted population movement, social detachment. , closing of points of sale and temporary blocking of production facilities. “