Swiss meat substitute manufacturer Planted has reduced its workforce in recent months, particularly at management level. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The company is talking about measures to increase efficiency. Several managers have left Federal Institute of Technology Zurich spin-off Planted in the past nine months. They include the former head of communications, the head of sustainability, the head of quality, the head of marketing Switzerland and the Swiss head of production, as LinkedIn profiles show. According to former employees, this is no coincidence: “Due to cost pressure, many experienced employees were replaced by young, inexperienced people or not replaced at all,” one person, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the news agency AWP. One of the reasons for this is the high cost of a new factory in Germany, which was opened last year. According to the trade union newspaper Work, Planted currently employs around 150 people, 46 of whom work …