Thoughts? Any Mondelez Layoffs in 2019?
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DIRK VAN DE PUT: “… in the U.S. we are taking shares, largely in the biscuits category. We have what we call a DSD system which allows us to go directly to the stores, so we’re in contact every day with many, many stores across the U.S., and that gives us a competitive advantage and that allows us to -- to execute better in those stores…”
The company has continuously communicated its intention to remain DSD. Those intentions have not changed.
Walmart and Kroger CAO is not the stores taking over order writing. In the majority of cases, Kroger stores do not even know that a transition occurred.
DDS and area trainer positions got laid off. So yes to your question. Layoffs are occurring in 2019.
No layoffs in 2019! We're committed to DSD! We value our employees!
Employee morale is so low. Micro management of time is unreasonable. Management that promotes life/work balance should work in the field for a week. Also, safety 1st is challenged when we are under strict time restraints. Please help!
Nope no layoffs! You people are like meteorologists!! Bad predictions!! Keep guessing lol!!!
So so so obvious! Funny that people keep saying nothing has changed! Our two largest retail accounts in the country have gone cao, Kroger rolls it out nationally this year! Jimmy is when we are told. We continue to lose space in most resets, almost all our snack crackers are now one facing and come packed 6 to eliminate back stock. The area trainers and DDS positions have been eliminated. You’re right, nothing has changed, business as usual!🤨 Might be wise for those to rethink things!
Anyone who doesn’t see dsd is ending really doesn’t want to face reality.
So painfully obvious!
MDLZ is currently eliminating key DSD positions throughout the country. Kraft is anti union and when they owned Nabisco, union drivers went on strike and Kraft brought in scab drivers and forced management to work the trucks and warehouses until they achieved what they wanted. This had never happened before in the history of Nabisco. Kraft also tried to deliver warehouse items on Nabisco trucks and this did not work either as they could not figure out how to properly compensate the sales teams. The Nabisco product line has shrunk considerably and for DSD to be impactful at retail, they need good people in the stores, not part timers or merchandisers. Today, orders can be automatically generated for each individual store based on sales history. A valuable asset to a MDLZ takeover is that Coke or Pepsi can buy the Nabisco DSD items and deliver them while the rest of the line of goods can be incorporated into Kraft/Heinz with brokers doing the selling at HQ. The impact of selling Nabisco C&C's to C stores (convenience) by a Pepsi/Coke/Frito driver would be a huge spike in volume.
You are sadly mistaken. Watch and see!
Nothing will happen in 2019, if we don’t here anything by April 2019 will business as usual and I don’t see anything happening.
There will be changes in 2019! Zero doubt about it!!
No layoffs in Q1 confirmed. Rally meetings are set for the end of February. Town hall call will be a waste of time. Don't bother. I'm not a cheerleader either. Just telling it like it is. If DSD is ending this year it will be sometime between July to September. If not we're here till 2020. That's when I can confirm that it's ending. I was in my store merchandising and upper management lady from Deerfield said that DSD is ending in 2020.
DDS and area trainer positions are being let go in February. That's the only layoffs I've confirmed. I'll let you know if more happen.
Regards,
Keep guessing! One of these days you'll get it right
Still drunk.
Nope no layoffs in 2019. Go live started today and DSD is being implemented in Dirk's new plan. We're committed to DSD! Store's can't handle our volume.
Nabisco cheerleader is about to be on the unemployment line!! One team one dream rah rah!!
The nabisco cheerleader is back at it again below reality isn’t an option for this person
Dirk is just trimming some fat! DSD is the cash cow! That's where we make our money! Just organizational changes! That's all you'll see!
Your really disillusioned if you think “we aren’t going away from dsd cause we’re too big”! You’ll be saying that in the unemployment line I guess! The Eli inaction of the dds role is very telling! No longer need to schedule merchandisers. Tell you something? Whose gonna be doing the
Merchandising? Stores!! We will retain some reps who will assist with CAO for a short time, but everyone else will be unemployed who works on the retail side! Duh!
DSD isn't going away! Sorry for the DDS workers but DSD will still be around! We're not going away! We're too big! We make too much money! 💰
You have to feel sorry for those how hold steadfast to their belief, “dsd is here to stay”, “were too big”, my boss told me”! All pathetic! Open your eyes and look around you! Dsd is approaching an end! Nobody knows the timeline, but it will not be long!
The nabisco cheerleader playing the music again on the titantic below we all know how that ended dsd is dead don’t believe the fake news nabisco cheerleader on here
When are the DDS positions being eliminated? Did they receive a 60 day notice? Any severance offered?
This site is full of fake news! No announcement has been made! Nothing to spin because your news is fake😆
Spinning what? Nothing has happened DSD is still going and no new changes have been announced or coming soon. Just keep guessing......
I see the nabisco cheerleader is working hard to spin this information below don’t believe the nabisco cheerleader dsd is dead
Stop the fake news please!! No one has been notified of anything. DSD isn't going away
DDS positions have been eliminated
Deployment specialist were notified yesterday that they will no longer have a job
Only senior management knows a timeline, but no doubt they know! My best guess is we will see changes occur early in 2019. No way when our two largest retailers in the country are CAO they are not going to reduce/eliminate jobs! Every consumer goods company that has gone CAO has worked towards this goal, picking off one company at a time. Frito and Coke will come, but after us!
I agree DSD is ending! When is my question?? A couple of months from now?? Or a couple of years from now?? Honestly the way we've been doing things, we should be gone already
So funny to hear management try to explain the “partnership” between Kroger and Mondelez, and the whole CAO movement. Anyone who doesn’t see the writing on the wall must be blind! DSD is ending!
Retailers are being a little more cautious taking back business, they had a little learning curve with Keebler. Retailers plan was always to exit dsd but Keebler decided to separate earlier to save overhead. Take an advantage by being the industry leader.
Wait and see! WM was cao for some time with Keebler before they exited dsd. Sure changed with them. Just curious, what would be the purpose of CAO in your eyes! You are sadly very misguided. Go ask your DM....hahahaha! When they kick you to the curb, then maybe you will get it! Until then I would think twice about what you believe.
really........Walmart has been CAO for 5 months now and nothing has changed one bit. You guys are such a joke. We still order what we want and upsell displays. CAO really has changed nothing.
If only Wal Mart went CAO dsd would end!
Yes there is but Kroger and Walmart are the 2 biggest grocers in the US! Both going CAO! Not good for DSD. DSD is having the power to sell and merchandise. CAO takes that away. DSD is dead! Quit trying to convince yourself!! Game over!!!
Please people. Are there other customers other than Kroger?
Good luck trying to spin this information Nabisco cheerleader!! DSD is dead!! CAO in Kroger and by 2019 all Kroger stores CAO! Better hit send!! Upper management is just trying to get you to the finish line!! Unethical is what Nabisco is doing to us!
Kroger is going cao. That announcement was made to us, conference call Tuesday as we are the pilot for cao. Larger stores in our division have been cao since July. All stores in Cincinnati/Dayton are going cao November. Kroger will completely go cao 2019, that fact was stated.
Wake up and smell the roses! CAO is being implemented to end dsd! Every other piece of dsd is easy to transition.