Mövenpick’s Toronto rebirth comes as 200 employees are let go by its predecessor
Mövenpick’s Toronto rebirth comes as 200 employees are let go by its predecessor
Mövenpick Marché is set to make its Toronto comeback in the coming months, only it will be under somewhat inauspicious circumstances. When Richtree Market at Brookfield Place officially closed its doors Sunday to make way for the Swiss market-style eatery, an unnamed worker told the Star that all of the Richtree employees—roughly 200 people—were laid off or fired in the days preceding the closure. There is no word yet on whether Mövenpick will rehire any of them (a discussion about the employment situation is underway here on The Dish). Mövenpick plans to resurrect the Brookfield Place spot in the next six to eight months and get nine more locations bustling soon thereafter. Richtree will keep its remaining six locations open.
yahooo…. can’t wait!
Can’t wait for what, robin?
Have you not been to the Richtree at York Mills & Bayview?
Disgusting doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Employees don’t care about dirty tables, food on the floor, refills of any kind. They walk around aimlessly, always looking busy but the place is filthy and a total mess.
The concept was a good one when it came here and if it was actually Swiss-run, it might still be. But I think the new owners truly have no idea how to make it work.
Hey folks,
Toronto is very fortunate that Movenpick is coming back.
Movenpick is hiring – there job ads placed in their website. If any Richtree employee or ex-movenpikers qualify, ofcourse, they would be hired by Movenpick.
When Movenpick severed its link with its ex-master franchise, 99.9% of good, skilled & competent people had left or hired by other world-class hospitality companies over this period of 6 years from 2003. The lot of 200+ that are left before the closure of the 2 restanrants at Brookfield place are not so good & many of them are new hires with lowest ON wage rates.
Since the departure of Movenpick, the company was run by a team of incompetent management. There was no improvement in staff or product quality. Richtree survived all these 6 years by copying Movenpick’s recepies & cooking food with sub-standard ingredients. The entire Richtree didn’t have a qualified Chef for significant duration from 2003. The food is expensive & the quality is very poor.
Now, with 60% of revenue gone with the closure of the 2 most profitable locations in Brookfield Place, Toronto; Richtree is not going to survive for 3 months. Employees were given temporary lay-off to fool them. They are not going to get severence!
The food did not meet my expectations. I had a medium salad and found the food did not taste incredibly fresh and the variety of the salad selections was lacking. The chicken salad was indistinguishable because of the amount of sauce that covered it. My colleague had pesto ravioli that was literally drowning in oil, while another had a chicken sandwich where the bottom bun was soaked from a liquid like gravy that was poured on his fries.
At checkout, also some of our group was charged the 12% service fee while others were not. Some received complementary coffee gift cards, while others did not.
All in all, the food was certainly not worth the higher price they charge.
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