Jack Daniel's parent Brown-Forman is cutting its workforce and closing its barrel-making plant
Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it's reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its hometown barrel-making plant in Louisville. The cost-cutting moves come as American whiskey producers face stiff challenges from changing consumer trends and renewed tariff threats.
Brown-Forman to cut about 12% of global workforce as part of restructuring
Brown-Forman said on Tuesday it will lay off about 12% of its global workforce of 5,400 employees, as the Jack Daniel's maker looks to reduce costs amid weak alcohol demand.
Brown-Forman cutting global workforce, closing barrel-making operation in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville-based Brown-Forman announced a corporate restructuring that will cut 12% of its global workforce of 5,400 employees. In a news release Tuesday, the spirits company did not detail how many of those cuts were at the Louisville headquarters.
Brown-Forman Slashes 12% of Workforce. What We Know.
Brown-Forman is cutting about 12% of its global workforce, the maker of Jack Daniel’s whiskey said on Tuesday. “This organizational evolution will simplify and streamline Brown-Forman’s structure, allowing it to become a more agile and efficient organization and reinvest in the capabilities,
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Cutbacks at Brown-Forman include closing its cooperage in Louisville, putting 210 employees out of work. Wood and others were allowed to go home with pay after company officials made the unexpected announcement.
Kentucky whiskey giant Brown-Forman laying off hundreds, closing Louisville cooperage
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Hundreds of Brown-Forman employees to be laid off
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Brown-Forman Corporation is laying off approximately 12% of its 5,400 employees worldwide and ...