Drinks giant Diageo is reportedly planning to slash around 400 jobs at its London office in order to boost profits and reduce expenditures. The move from the company is seen to be a part of a three-year initiative designed to save ...
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Marks & Spencer has announced that it will be entering into consultation with its employees with regards to proposals to cut around 525 jobs at its UK head office, and reduce the number of roles across IT and Logistics permanently based in ...
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The Hershey Company has announced that it will shutdown the Brookside Foods’ factory in Abbotsford in Canada, as part of its efforts to restructure its manufacturing operations. The move may result in 180 job cuts at the facility ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will cut nearly 1,300 jobs at its Sterling Heights Assembly plant starting from 5 July. The layoffs come in the wake of reduced production at the facility due to declining demand for Chrysler 200 midsize ...
The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
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“The (Chinese) LED industry is in deep waters, and only a few manufacturers will survive in the next few years,” said several industry insiders during recent interviews with LEDinside’s editorial team in China. With the ...
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Leading LED chip manufacturer Epistar’s has raised the number of job cuts from the previously announced 65 to about 180, reported UDN. Job cuts at the company’s factories in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu Science Park will ...
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Cargill is set to invest $111m to transform its ground beef facility in Columbus, Nebraska, to cooked meats facility. This conversion, which will begin in early December this year, will enable the company to produce specific types of ...
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ConAgra Foods is planning to cease operations at its cookie manufacturing facility in Ripon, in the US state of Wisconsin. The move will put close to 300 jobs at risk, with the job cuts to be completed by December this year, FOX 11 ...
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A manufacturing-related reorganization is hoped to boost efficiency for the orthopedic and surgical device firm. Surgical instrument and orthopedic implant maker Symmetry Medical (Warsaw, IN) has announced plans to boost its manufacturing ...
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American food processing company Heinz has announced job cuts at its Kitt Green site in Wigan, UK, as part of a restructuring process. According to the company, almost 71 roles will be axed at its baked beans factory where some of the ...
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Beer sales in the UK have increased by 1.3%, after nine consecutive years of decline during which beer sales dropped by 24%. According to British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the surge in beer sales comes after two duty cuts on alcohol ...
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American food and beverage company Dean Foods will halt operations at its Verifine Dairy plant in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, by the end of April this year. The Verifine Dairy fluid milk processing plant closure will result in 70 job cuts, ...
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Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons is laying off staff both at its regional offices and corporate headquarters following takeover by Burger King Worldwide. The job cuts is part of reorganisation after the company's ...
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Belgian brewing major Anheuser-Busch is planning to cease operations at its bottling line in Newark, New Jersey, the US. This comes in line with the company's strategy to optimize capabilities of its brewery system to meet consumer and ...
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