Food giant Nestle delays all business trips over virus

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Nestle tells its 291,000 employees worldwide not to travel for business purposes until March 15, 2020. nCoV coronavirus

NESTLE. A Nescafe factory, a coffee brand of Swiss food giant Nestle, is seen behind a rapeseed field on April 26, 2018 in Orbe, Switzerland. File photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

ZURICH, Switzerland – Swiss food giant Nestle, owner of KitKat and Nespresso, on Tuesday, February 25, said it was postponing all business trips until March 15 at the earliest because of the"We have asked all of our employees worldwide not to travel for business purposes until March 15, 2020. We will review this measure in light of external developments," a company spokesman told Agence France-Presse, quoting an internal note.

The spokesman said that the company was not calling back expatriate employees but added,"We monitor the situation closely to ensure the safety of our employees." Nestle, which owns a range of household brands including also Nescafe, Maggi, and Perrier, employs 291,000 people. (READ:

 

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