The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10 - Manufacture of food products 10 - Manufacture of food products
280 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Cavaghan and Gray of Carlisle will be handling the new production of food for Asda. This means 100 jobs have been created at a food firm which was recently forced to cut more than 600 posts. The supermarket has chosen Cavaghan and Gray's parent company Northern Foods to supply a range of ready meals, after an 18-month tender process. The £30 million deal will also create 180 jobs at Northern Food sites in Grantham, Sheffield and Nottingham.
Sources
8 November 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Northern Foods, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62498, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62498.