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 Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10 - Manufacture of food products
400 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
15 October 2013
Foreseen end date
15 November 2013
Description
Food manufacturer 2 Sisters Food is to close its chicken-processing plant in Suffolk by 15th November, resulting in the loss of 400 staff.
The company explained that the site is ageing, making losses, and lacking of important infrastructure in the region.
Following consultations with unions, the company committed to transfer 200 staff to its plants in Thetford, Witham and Eye. This is to reduce the social impact of the plant closure with a total workforce of 600.
Being based in Birmingham, 2 Sisters Food group has 47 sites in the UK and Ireland and also operates in Holland and Poland. In total, it employs 24,000 staff. A previous closure of a 2 Sisters Food chicken-processing plant in the UK has been reported in 2005.
Sources
14 October 2013: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2013), 2 Sisters Food, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76018, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76018.
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