Uncertain future for 250 workers Butterwick produce
The Produce World Group has announced it intends to create a joint venture with LFP (Lincolnshire Field Products), based at Wykeham, near Spalding, which would see all its brassica business go through the new arrangement, along with LFP’s brassicas business and a range of other vegetables.
As a result, the Produce World Group has proposed the closure of its site at Butterwick, where 250 full-time workers are employed.
Consultations have commenced with colleagues and their representatives at Butterwick. It is anticipated that, while there would be job losses at Butterwick, about 60 new jobs would be created at Wykeham.
Produce World has also announced that it proposes closing its factory at Swinderby, where about 90 are employed, and moving all processing and packing of conventionally grown root vegetables to its site at Isleham. Additional processing and storage facilities are being built at the Isleham site to cope with the additional tonnage and a number of new jobs will be created.
The company has entered into consultation with colleagues and their representatives at the Swinderby site.
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