Uruguay's only industrial brewer negotiates cutting 80 jobs or ending production

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The company, owned by Brazil's Ambev, itself part of Belgium's AB InBev, employs slightly more than 500 peoplehttps://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/111168/100x80/fnc.jpeg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" />
Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza (FNC), Uruguay's only industrial beer producer, is negotiating with the government and the trade union a restructuring that would cut 80 of the 400 jobs at its Montevideo and Minas plants.

The company keeps a second scenario on the table, which the parties involved regard as less likely: abandoning local production and operating as an importer, with a workforce reduced to around 100 employees.

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