
In a note, FO, the Federation of Employees and Managers Force Ouvrière are concerned about the closure of businesses and threats to employment at Stokomani.
The first union to sound the alarm is therefore a worker force.
The union representatives denounce “serious social consequences of the reorganization project currently under negotiation within the brand”.
This project provides for the closure of several warehouses, namely that of Alata 1 and that of Alata 3. The idea would be to keep the Venette warehouse. At the same time, it would be envisaged the move of the head office outside the department of Oise for the end of summer 2025.
This could be explained by an estimated “ineffective” commercial strategy and a “rise of new competitors”.
The unions denounce an estimated “disastrous” social policy.
“No dismissal” assures the management
The program does not seem at first sight not engaging for employees of Alata 1 and Alata 3 sites who work there, since it would be envisaged purely and simply their closure. What reclassifications? Is there existence of a layoff plan? The questions are asked.
Well for management, on the contrary, the file is clear. “There is no service closure or social plan. It is an internal reorganization plan ”.
And to detail a transformation plan which aims “to the company to be more competitive, to anticipate and to adapt to the market and its competitors”.
Alata 1 and 3 grouped in Venette
The management also notes that “the warehouses of Alata 1 and 3 are under-exploited and would be grouped on a single site in Venette (itself 70%operated)”. According to management, there are still “no impact on employees”. For the record, in Venette, 250 employees, including 215 permanent contracts for a warehouse with a surface area of 70,000 m². Alata 1 account 50 employees for a warehouse with an area of 25,000 m². Alata 3 is six employees for a warehouse with a surface area of 60,000 m².
There remains the question of the head office. The latter would cost dearly and is bursting on three sites. This would not allow teams to “collaborate effectively”.
“The moving project is to bring together our employees to give them a head office with better work comfort, with better accessibility, services, this move has no impact on employment. All the employees of the head office will integrate the future new headquarters, ”says management.
There remains the question of the place of reception of this new seat. “The place, when it is chosen, will be located in the employment basin of Oise and Val-d’Oise”.
Wanting to be reassuring: “This internal reorganization project has no impact on employment in stores, no impact on the employment of warehouses. Stokomani unions do not question this transformation plan. Gathered in CSE on January 21, they completely approved it as well as all our employees. Besides, this transformation plan is carried out with all trade union organizations, ”says management.
The head office may leave Creil
A reorganization that sticks with the new group’s policy. The supervisory board, which was held on June 4, 2024, appointed Philippe Thirache, president of Stokomani. The group is owned by the Family Office of the Zouari family. The Family Office Zouari is a key player in retail sale in France and has for example Picard frozen, Franprix, Monoprix, Maxi Bazar and of course Stokomani.
The last social movement dates back to last November, the inter-union including the CFDT, FO, the CGT and the CFE-CGC observed a strike movement. She then criticized management “for not responding to most of the proposals and claims carried by the trade union organizations”. “It was actually a divergence concerning telework. This question has since been settled, “said the management side.
And the future head office? There is a good chance that it is not preserved in Creil. For the territory, it is therefore a loss.