Most of Guinness' brewery workers to be laid off
Published: Sat, May. 10, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sat, May. 10, 2008 02:21AM
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closeGuinness beer owner Diageo rattled an Irish icon, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013.
The British beverage maker decided not to close the landmark Guinness brewery, one of Dublin's oldest businesses and a top tourist attraction, after concluding this would do too much damage to its brand image and customer sentiment. The company said the move to a new suburban megabrewery was necessary to compete with the rise of lower-cost breweries in Eastern Europe, Russia and China.
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