Global Cake Company

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10 - Manufacture of food products
10 - Manufacture of food products
200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
29 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Two hundred people are to lose their jobs with the closure of Global Cake Company, a frozen desserts factory in Bridlington. It is to close at midnight on Friday after failing to find a buyer. The business was put on the market last month amid tough trading conditions. In the absence of a takeover, the company said it would now sell the site and has pledged to help redundant workers seek alternative jobs. The Global Cake Company is owned by US food giant Schwan, which bought the former Sara Lee cakes plant from Hibernia Foods in March 2004.

Sources

  • 29 March 2006: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Global Cake Company, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63264, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63264.