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Icelandic Seachill Confirms Deli Plant Shutdown in Grimsby
Aug 26, 2016UK fish products supplier Icelandic Seachill has confirmed that it will close a deli plant in Grimsby, resulting in 86 job losses. The move was taken after losing a contract with Marks and Spencer. The company plans to stop production ...
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2 Sisters Food Group Has Had an Action-Packed Year
Nov 26, 20132 Sisters Food Group has had an action-packed year. In June, its acquisition of Vion finally won approval from the Office of Fair Trading – safeguarding 5,000 jobs. But it wasn’t all good news for the food manufacturer. Its ...
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First Milk's Plan to Close Its Maelor Cheese Packing Site Will Damage The Local Economy
Oct 17, 2013First Milk’s plan to close its Maelor cheese packing site near Wrexham, with the loss of up to 231 jobs, will damage the local economy, Unite the union has warned. First Milk decided to close the cheese packing site after losing a ...
Tags: Cheese Packing, First Milk
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GSK Has Agreed to Sell Its Nutritional Drinks Brands
Sep 10, 2013GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell its nutritional drinks brands – the iconic Lucozade and Ribena – to the Japanese consumer goods firm Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) for £1.35bn in cash. GlaxoSmithKline is to sell ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Unite The Union Has Slammed CCE's Plan to Cut Nearly 300 Jobs as "a Devastating Blow"
Apr 23, 2013Unite the union has slammed Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE’s) plan to cut nearly 300 jobs as “a devastating blow”. Unite has called Coca-Cola Enterprises' plan to cut nearly 300 jobs 'a devastating blow' The union ...
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A Merseyside Factory Is Moving 150 British Jobs to Hungary
Mar 27, 2013A Merseyside factory that manufactures flavours for Walkers crisps is moving 150 British jobs to Hungary. Givaudan is moving its savoury flavour production to Hungary Global flavour supplier Givaudan is moving most of its current ...
Tags: crisps, Walkers crisps, flavour supplier
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Officials Are Meeting Moy Park Management to Save 300 Jobs at The Firm's Wisbech Factory
Mar 22, 2013Officials from Unite the union are meeting Moy Park management today (March 20) in a bid to save 300 jobs at the firm's Wisbech poultry products factory in Cambridgeshire. Union officials and Moy Park management are meeting today to ...
Tags: poultry products, poultry products factory, poultry jobs
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Vion Has Confirmed That a Management Buyout Could Save 70 Jobs
Mar 13, 2013Vion has confirmed that a management buyout could save 70 jobs at its Welsh Country Foods lamb-processing site. A management buy-out could save jobs at Welsh Country Foods, said Vion Almost 350 workers are employed at the facility on ...
Tags: Vion, jobs, Welsh Country Foods, lamb-processing site
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Food Packaging Company Crown Food Europe Plans to Cut 116 Jobs at Its Worcester Site
Feb 6, 2013Food packaging company Crown Food Europe plans to cut 116 jobs at its Worcester site. A decline in tin can sales has put 116 jobs in danger at Crown Foods Europe in Worcester The firm entered a 90-day consultation last week, after ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Crown, Jobs
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Uncertainty Hangs Over The Future of 112 Silvercrest Workers
Feb 5, 2013Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to the union Unite. 112 Silvercrest plant workers have been suspended with ...
Tags: Silvercrest workers, Burger King, Tesco, Meat Contracts
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Uncertainty Hangs Over The Future of 112 Silvercrest Workers
Feb 4, 2013Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to Unite the union. 112 Silvercrest plant workers have been suspended with ...
Tags: 112 Silvercrest workers, Burger King, union
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Unite The Union Has Urged Asda to Reinstate Its Contract with Welsh Country Foods
Jan 16, 2013Unite the union has urged Asda to reinstate its contract with Welsh Country Foods (WCF). The plea comes after WCF’s owner Vion UK warned that losing the contract could force the closure of the Anglesey site with the loss of up to 350 ...
Tags: Unite the union, Asda, Welsh Country Foods
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Waitrose Put 420 Jobs at Risk by Ending One of Distribution Contracts
Jan 16, 2013Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk by ending one of its distribution contracts with logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel. Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk The global logistics firm employs the 420 workers on lease to Waitrose at its centre ...
Tags: Waitrose, jobs, distribution contracts
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PepsiCo Is Considering Replacing 87 Staff with Modern Packaging Machines
Jan 16, 2013PepsiCo is considering replacing 87 staff with modern packaging machines at its Walkers crisps factory in Lincoln. Walkers is installing new machinery that has put 87 jobs under threat In a statement issued to FoodManufacture.co.uk, ...
Tags: PepsiCo, packaging machines, jobs
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Eddie Stobart and Tesco Drivers Have Reached a Deal to End Their Four-Month Dispute
Dec 20, 2012The transport firm Eddie Stobart and Tesco drivers have reached a deal to end their four-month dispute. The row followed Tesco's decision to transfer the running of the Doncaster distribution centre to Eddie Stobart on August 5. The new ...
Tags: Dispute, Eddie Stobart, Tesco, Unite