By Alberto Alerigi
By Alberto Alerigi
SAO PAULO, April 1 (Reuters) – Brazilian meatpacker BRF SA BRFS3.SA stated on Wednesday it would rent a further 2,000 staff, each in-house and outsourced, to be able to keep its manufacturing ranges.
BRF Chief Government Lorival Luz stated the hirings would happen in Brazil and different nations. The corporate won’t fireplace staff in April or Could, when the coronavirus outbreak is anticipated to worsen in Latin America, Luz stated on a name with journalists.
The corporate has not closed any factories, seen a drop in gross sales or had disruptions in its provide chains amid the outbreak, he stated.
However gross sales are more and more shifting to stores like grocery shops, he stated, as Brazilians eat out much less throughout the disaster.
The corporate is “well-positioned” and “snug” by way of its corn stock ranges, Luz stated. Corn is utilized by meatpackers to feed livestock.
(Reporting by Alberto Alerigi Writing by Jake Spring Modifying by Paul Simao)
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