Foodworks Meat Poland

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowo-zachodni; Dolnośląskie; Legnicko-głogowski
Location of affected unit(s)
Chróścina by Góra
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10 - Manufacture of food products
10 - Manufacture of food products
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 October 2010
Employment effect (start)
10 October 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

On 10 October 2010, Foodworks Meat Poland opened a slaughterhouse in Chróścina, in south-western Poland next to Góra. The company hired 250 workers. The slaughterhouse specializes in butchering of cattle.

The slaughterhouse in Chróścina was founded by the Polish company in 2005, but it was closed at the beginning of 2010. The slaughter was taken over by Foodworks Meat Poland in July 2010. Foodworks Meat Poland belongs to OSI Group, which is a global food trading company. The Group employs over 10,000 people in 17 countries oround the world.

Sources

  • 12 October 2010: Panorama Leszczyńska ()

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Foodworks Meat Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71624, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71624.