AgroaldeaTHE FACTORY HAS NOT RECEIVED MILK FOR TEN DAYS
The future of the Coaldea cooperative is more than sung and, as reported by its workers: “this one couldn't be blacker”. The factory stopped making the famous cheeses last week, when the last farmer stopped delivering milk due to accumulated non-payments.
The purchase or refloating announcements launched by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria through the industry advisor have been of no use., Demetrio Suarez. The current situation of the Cooperative is “immediate closure”.
The president of Coaldea, Sergio Medina, stated that the debt carried by the entity has not allowed it to make immediate payments to suppliers. The will and effort of the last ranchers have made us get here, waiting for the Council's announcements, Medina added..
Workers go to the factory and offices with resignation. Knowing that “where there isn't anything, you can't get it” they express great discomfort for what “could have been the best factory on the island.”; the cheese is sold before it is even made, "But continuous mismanagement has led us to bankruptcy.", some employees assure.
The immediate future appears very uncertain, despite the attempts made by its president to keep it afloat. The situation is unsustainable and the debts with Social Security and the Treasury, they only increase the interests of the -already- more than huge debt.
If executive embargo orders arrive, This would be the third cooperative that succumbs in less than six months. The previous ones were Coparlita de Tasarte and Copaisán de La Aldea. This brings with it the consequent destruction of employment whose figure would be around 150 layoffs among the three.
In the municipality, the loss of what was the flagship of La Aldea's livestock product is lamented with great resignation.. The fame and renown of Coaldea cheese will remain in the palates of those who enjoyed it.