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Hambleton District Council is to consider plans from Cawingredients of Harrogate to build a soft drinks factory at Leeming Bar near Northallerton, with the creation of up to 90 jobs. 30-Dec-2008 Castle Rock has secured a £6m financing deal with Abbey Commercial Mortgages to fund the expansion of its Nottingham-based brewery. 30-Dec-2008 Brakes is shedding 200 of the 7,500 jobs in its foodservice business, as part of an ongoing rationalisation programme. 23-Dec-2008 Scottish & Newcastle is to shed 54 jobs at its Bulmers cider plant in Hereford by March, in order to transfer the bottling operation to its brewery in Tadcaster. 17-Dec-2008 Mike Fenwick Quality Catering Butchers is to relocate its Newton Aycliffe-based business to a 10,000 sq ft unit at Aycliffe Industrial Park in Darlington next year. 15-Dec-2008 Yeo Valley is to shed up to 100 of the 250 jobs at its Cannington dairy in Somerset. 12-Dec-2008 Kerfoot is to invest £1.6m in a new 27,000 sq ft vegetable oil processing plant near Goole. 11-Dec-2008 Moorhouses is to invest £3.5m in the expansion of its brewery in Burnley, including a new warehouse, offices and visitor centre. 11-Dec-2008 Unilever is to expand the 450-strong workforce at its ice cream factory in Gloucester with 20 new jobs. 11-Dec-2008 Kettle Produce is to shed about 100 of the 950 jobs at its Fife-based prepared vegetables business. 10-Dec-2008 Inveralmond Brewery is to invest £0.6m in new premises for its Perth-based brewery, in order to triple production and create a visitor centre. 10-Dec-2008 Real Good Food Company is to relocate the headquarters of its food ingredients business from London to Liverpool by the end of the year. 04-Dec-2008 Unilever is to merge its global research and development operations with the loss of 250 of the 6,500 jobs, including about 100 job losses in Port Sunlight and Bedford. 02-Dec-2008 Dairy Farmers of Britain is to close dairies in Portsmouth and Uttoxeter and reorganise its Nantwich head office, with the loss of 640 of the 2,300 jobs. 02-Dec-2008 Serious Food Company is planning to shed up to 200 jobs at its juices and soups factory in Llantrisant. 28-Nov-2008 Premier Foods is planning to set up a new 30,000 sq ft office at Forty Spring Gardens in Manchester in 2009, with the creation of 240 finance, administration and IT jobs. 27-Nov-2008 Branston is to create 60 jobs at a new £2.6m potato processing facility due to open at its Lincolnshire site in May. 25-Nov-2008 Strathaird Salmon is considering plans to close its smoked salmon factory in Inverness with the loss of up to 354 jobs, in order to transfer production to Fraserburgh in August 2009. 24-Nov-2008 Cobra Beer has appointed NM Rothschild to find a buyer for its beer business, which is valued at up to £200m. 24-Nov-2008 Soya Magic has announced the creation of 50 jobs at its new soya milk drinks factory in Grimsby. 21-Nov-2008 Dhamecha Foods is planning to invest £1.5m in the expansion of its wholesale depot in Enfield next year, adding 15,000 sq ft. 18-Nov-2008 Laeso Fish is seeking permission to expand its prawn processing factory in Peterhead, including a new 9,000 sq ft production and cold storage facility. 14-Nov-2008 First Milk is considering plans to shed up to 93 of the 300 jobs at its cheese-packing plant in Maelor, Wrexham, following the loss of a contract. 12-Nov-2008 Harmony Produce is to close its tomato production operation in Jersey with the loss of 32 jobs. 10-Nov-2008 Uniq is planning to create a further 100 jobs at its St Ivel chilled foods factory in Minsterley, Shropshire. 07-Nov-2008 Carlsberg is to close its Tetley brewery in Leeds in 2011, with the loss of up to 170 jobs, and production is likely to be outsourced. 06-Nov-2008 Jersey Dairy is to relocate its Jersey-based dairy processing centre to a new 36,000 sq ft site by the end of 2009. 04-Nov-2008 Restaurants at Work is planning to expand its Surrey-based contract catering business, which currently has about 200 staff, following the public listing of parent company BrightFutures Group. 03-Nov-2008 Butcher's Pet Care has secured £5m to fund the expansion of its pet food factory at Crick, Northants, and plans will be considered by Daventry District Council in November. 31-Oct-2008 Delamere Dairy has secured a £5m funding package to expand its Cheshire-based goats' milk products business across Europe. 29-Oct-2008 International Beverage Holdings has announced a £15m three-year plan to consolidate its global drinks marketing department at a new InterBev commercial centre in Airdrie, with the creation of 20 jobs. 28-Oct-2008 Wyke Farms has secured £5m to fund the expansion of its cheese brand, including new packaging machinery and a marketing campaign. 28-Oct-2008 Massarella Catering has secured a £5m funding package to expand its Sheffield-based catering business, which currently employs more than 4,000 people at 200 sites across the country. 27-Oct-2008 Affinity Food Holdings has secured new funding from the sale of an equity stake to R Capital, saving 125 jobs at its Leeds-based fresh foods distribution business. 24-Oct-2008 Heron Frozen Foods is to relocate its headquarters and distribution centre to a 267,000 sq ft unit at Melton West Business Park in East Yorkshire next summer. 24-Oct-2008 British Sugar is to close its Silver Spoon sugar packing plant at its site in Newark next year with the loss of up to 68 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Bury St Edmunds. 23-Oct-2008 British Sugar has unveiled plans to invest £35m in the expansion of its factory at Cantley near Yarmouth, with the creation of 25 new jobs, in order to process imported cane sugar from 2010. 22-Oct-2008 Nestle is to create at least 100 jobs at a new chocolate co-packing facility in York. 16-Oct-2008 Bakkavor is said to be planning to close two Mariner Foods ready meals and soups factories in Grimsby next year, with the loss of 530 jobs. 15-Oct-2008 Cadbury is planning to shed a further 250 jobs and change the structure of its global confectionery business from four regional divisions to seven. 15-Oct-2008 First Milk is considering plans to shed up to 18 of the 161 jobs at its creamery operations in Cumbria and Haverfordwest. 14-Oct-2008 SABMiller, the South African brewer, is to set up a 28,000 sq ft office at Bridge Street Plaza in Reading. 14-Oct-2008 Stevenson & Co is planning to close its pork processing business in County Antrim with the loss of about 100 jobs. 13-Oct-2008 RF Brookes is creating 100 new jobs at its frozen ready meals factory in Newport, South Wales. 09-Oct-2008 Thanet Earth is to start recruiting some of the 550 staff that will be needed at its new salad growing and packing facility being built at Birchington in Kent. 08-Oct-2008 Robert Wiseman Dairies has won planning permission for a new dairy depot at Amesbury in Wiltshire, having agreed to acquire the nine-acre site for £4.5m. 07-Oct-2008 D&F McCarthy is planning to relocate its Norwich-based fruit and vegetable business and 45 staff to a new £2m distribution centre to be built at the Broadland Business Park by the end of 2009. 02-Oct-2008 Dairy Crest is creating 70 jobs at a new cheese packing facility at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton. 02-Oct-2008 Lighthouse Caledonia is to stop production at its salmon processing factory in Stornoway, due to a shortage of fish, casting doubt on the future of up to 130 jobs. 01-Oct-2008 Dairy Crest is planning to close its dairy and bottling plant in Nottingham with the loss of up to 215 jobs. 01-Oct-2008 Biofresh is planning to expand the workforce at its food preservation technology business from seven to 20 by next year, and will also relocate from West Yorkshire back to Tyneside in November. 16-Sep-2008 Simpsons Malt has secured funding of £27m to invest in four new germinating and kilning vessels at its malting plant in Berwick by 2009. 16-Sep-2008 Milk Link is to sell its Staplemead Creamery in Frome to Andros of France, in order to focus on the production of skimmed milk powder and butter ingredients at the Westbury Dairies facility. 15-Sep-2008 Glen Turner has won approval from West Lothian Council to expand its distillery in Bathgate, with the creation of 30 jobs. 15-Sep-2008 Northern Foods is setting up a 135,000 sq ft biscuit distribution centre at the 41 Industrial Estate in Wakefield. 15-Sep-2008 Just Egg has shed 12 jobs at its boiled egg supply business in Leicester, due to falling demand from manufacturers of pre-packed sandwiches. 09-Sep-2008 Pinguin is to close a frozen vegetables factory in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in December, with the loss of 42 jobs. 08-Sep-2008 Wincanton is to close its dairy distribution depot at Farlington in Portsmouth, with the loss of up to 32 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Aldermaston in Berkshire. 08-Sep-2008 Jenks Sales Brokers is setting up a 315,000 sq ft food distribution centre at Snelshall West in Milton Keynes. 08-Sep-2008 Angus Dundee Distillers is planning to expand the Glencadam distillery in Brechin with 16 new warehouses over the next three years, with the creation of ten jobs. 02-Sep-2008 C&C Group is planning to create up to 70 new jobs at its office in Cambridgeshire, in order to increase sales of Magners cider. 27-Aug-2008 Eurofins is to close its food testing and forensics site in Birkenhead with the loss of about 100 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Wolverhampton. 26-Aug-2008 Premier Foods is to create 40 new jobs at its four distribution centres in Wisbech, including vacancies for shift managers, controllers and forklift truck operators. 22-Aug-2008 Calder Foods is looking to create a further 100 jobs at its sandwich fillings factory in Carlisle, following a £2.5m expansion project and the £3.6m acquisition of business from Daniels Group. 22-Aug-2008 Intersnack is to invest £3m in new production facilities at its snacks factory at Stanley in County Durham, with the creation of 45 jobs. 20-Aug-2008 The University of Warwick is to close its 120-acre horticultural research institute site at Kirton in Lincolnshire in early 2009. 19-Aug-2008 TH Clements & Son is planning to shed up to 30 of the 130 jobs at its vegetable packing facility in Boston. 14-Aug-2008 Long Clawson Dairy is considering plans to close the cheese factory in Hartington, Derbyshire, that was recently acquired from Dairy Crest, with the loss of up to 180 jobs. 06-Aug-2008 New Britain Palm Oil, the plantation company, is planning to invest £18m in the development of a new palm oil processing facility at an undisclosed marine port in the north of England. 05-Aug-2008 Northern Foods is planning to invest £40m in the expansion of its biscuit manufacturing facilities in either Batley or Uttoxeter by 2011, but the other site will close. 30-Jul-2008 Tayto is considering plans to close the Red Mill snack foods factory in Wednesbury with the loss of 300 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site in Corby. 25-Jul-2008 S&A Davies is to shed about 300 temporary jobs at its strawberry growing operation in Herefordshire, due to a poor crop. 18-Jul-2008 Premier Foods is to close its flour mill in Rotherham by the end of the year, with the loss of 38 jobs. 17-Jul-2008 Greene King is to shed up to 17 distribution jobs at its brewery in Bury St Edmunds. 11-Jul-2008 Fuller Smith & Turner is to set up a new beer distribution centre and office on a two-acre site at Horndean in Hampshire, and staff will relocate from the existing premises early next year. 10-Jul-2008 Kuehne & Nagel is to set up a 50,000 sq ft drinks distribution centre at Hamilton International Park near Glasgow. 09-Jul-2008 Sangs is to close its soft drinks distribution depot in Aberdeen, but the 28 staff will be offered work at other sites. 08-Jul-2008 Oscar Mayer is to close one of its ready meals factories in Chard with the loss of 250 jobs, in order to consolidate production onto a single site. 04-Jul-2008 Glenmorangie is to invest £45m upgrading two whisky distilleries in Tain and Islay and relocating its headquarters and 200 staff from Broxburn to Edinburgh over the next two years, while its Glen Moray distillery at Elgin will be sold. 02-Jul-2008 Baraka Foods is planning to expand the 38-strong workforce at its ready meals factory in Rhondda with 12 new jobs. 02-Jul-2008 Dale Farm is to invest £4.3m in training programmes for the 500 staff at its dairy operations in Northern Ireland, with the support of a £0.9m Invest NI grant. 30-Jun-2008 Diageo is investing £1.5m in improvements to the Old Bushmills distillery in County Antrim, in order to double output over the next five years. 27-Jun-2008 Direct Wines is to close its call centre in Plymouth later this year with the loss of up to 110 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Gloucester. 26-Jun-2008 Paramount Foods is planning to shed 300 jobs at its pizza factories in Salford and Deeside, following the loss of an Asda contract. 25-Jun-2008 Kerry Foods is to create 75 jobs at its re-opened culinary ingredients factory in Hartlepool by the end of the year. 23-Jun-2008 Warburtons is to close its bread distribution centre on the Rosehill Industrial Estate in Carlisle in September, with the loss of 26 jobs. 20-Jun-2008 W Stevenson & Sons is to shed 16 jobs at its fishing business in Newlyn, Cornwall. 16-Jun-2008 Country Valley Foods is to expand its meat processing facilities in Darlington by the end of the year, including new maturation chillers, traceability systems, a beef line and the creation of six jobs. 11-Jun-2008 Miller's Traditional Bakery is to create up to 30 jobs at its new 16,000 sq ft bakery on Heron Road in Belfast over the next three years. 10-Jun-2008 Ummah Foods is looking to sell a £1m stake in its halal chocolate bar business, in order to fund its expansion into upmarket shops. 10-Jun-2008 George Adams & Sons is to shed up to 44 jobs at its meat products factory in Spalding factory, and a further 112 could follow. 09-Jun-2008 Dawn Meats is to shed up to 56 of the 176 jobs at its Sandyford Foods meat processing factory in Prestwick. 06-Jun-2008 Cranswick Convenience Foods is to shed 70 of the 400 jobs at its Brookfield Foods cooked meats factory on the Deeside Industrial Park in Flintshire in August. 04-Jun-2008 Braeforge is to create about 20 new jobs at its Pensworth & Vines dairy in Southampton, having won a contract to supply milk products to Braziers Dairy. 04-Jun-2008 Lloyd Maunder is to create 100 production jobs at its meat processing factory in Mid Devon this summer. 03-Jun-2008 Associated British Foods is to merge its Ryvita crispbread business with W Jordan & Sons, the Bedfordshire-based cereals manufacturer with 350 staff, which should lead to savings in back-office costs. 03-Jun-2008 Warburtons is to open a new £45m bakery at the Western Approach Distribution Park in Bristol in December, with the creation of 450 jobs. 30-May-2008 Best Bakeries is to shed about 50 jobs at its bakery in Hirwaun, near Merthyr Tydfil. 30-May-2008 Northern Foods is to invest £3m in new production machinery at its Fox's Biscuits factory at Kirkham in Lancashire, but there will be no change to the 500-strong workforce. 30-May-2008 Arla Foods is to close its dairy and milk distribution centre in Wythenshawe by January 2009, with the loss of 300 jobs, in order to transfer production to sites in Ashby, Stourton and Hatfield Peverel. 27-May-2008 Herefordshire County Council is to consider plans from Universal Beverages for the transformation of the former Robertson's jam factory in Ledbury into a cider apple pressing plant. 26-May-2008 Bakkavor Pasta is to close its pasta factory in Scunthorpe at the end of May, with the loss of 107 jobs. 19-May-2008 Northern Foods is to close its Fenland Foods ready meals factory in Grantham in August, with the loss of up to 730 jobs, but hopes to reopen the site within three years. 14-May-2008 Leaf UK is to close its office in Southport in June with the loss of up to 35 jobs, as marketing for the Chewits confectionery brand is transferred to Bendicks of Mayfair. 07-May-2008 Bairds Malt is to invest £30m in a new barley malting plant in Arbroath. 07-May-2008 Cobra Beer is to transfer most of its brewing from Poland to Camerons Brewery in Hartlepool and Wells & Young's in Bedford, in order to save on transportation and currency exchange costs. 05-May-2008 Tulip Foods is to shed 98 of the 717 jobs at its meat processing factory in Redruth, Cornwall. 02-May-2008 Dairy Farmers of Britain is planning to shed about 30 of the 2,750 jobs at its milk processing operations across the country. 02-May-2008 Grainfarmers is forming an alliance with Greencore and the Angus Cereal Partnership to develop a £13m malting barley grain storage and drying facility near Montrose. 02-May-2008 Unilever is to transfer brands including Marmite, Bovril and Pot Noodle to a new unit managed from the Netherlands, prompting speculation that they could be sold off. 30-Apr-2008 Milk Link is planning to shed up to 40 of the 160 jobs at its milk processing plant in Crediton, Devon. 30-Apr-2008 Uniq is to close its desserts factory in Paignton with the loss of up to 390 jobs, in order to transfer production to its plant in Shropshire. 29-Apr-2008 Village Bakery is to create 25 new jobs at its plant in Wrexham, in order to supply gluten-free bread to Hero Group. 29-Apr-2008 Unilever is to shed 62 of the 220 jobs at its Pot Noodle factory in Crumlin, Gwent, but £1m will be invested in a new automation line. 28-Apr-2008 Lighthouse Caledonia is to shed up to 70 of the 365 jobs at its salmon farming operations on the West Coast of Scotland. 18-Apr-2008 Faccenda is to invest £5m in the expansion of its chicken processing factories in Brackley, Telford and Dudley, but the Sutton Benger site near Chippenham will close with the loss of up to 450 jobs. 17-Apr-2008 Scottish Borders Council is to consider plans from Glenrath Farms to build a second egg farm at East Happrew in the Stobo valley. 16-Apr-2008 Nambarrie is considering plans to close its tea factory in Belfast with the loss of up to 43 jobs, in order to focus on sales and distribution. 14-Apr-2008 Highland Spring is to invest £30m in the expansion of its mineral water bottling plant at Blackford in Perthshire over the next four years, with the creation of 60 jobs. 14-Apr-2008 Grainfarmers has announced plans to build a plant to store up to 100,000 tonnes of grain at a disused quarry site near Kettering by July 2009. 11-Apr-2008 Lyndale Foods is planning to shed up to 150 jobs at its Sayers bakery in Norris Green, Liverpool. 10-Apr-2008 Scheff Foods is to build a £1.5m frozen foods factory at the Hawthorns Business Park in West Bromwich this year, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 10-Apr-2008 Tryton Foods has shed 24 jobs at its Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire puddings factory in Hull. 09-Apr-2008 SHS International is planning to invest £6.3m in the expansion of its nutritional food products factory in Liverpool, including a new spray dryer, warehouse and the creation of 59 jobs. 08-Apr-2008 Whitbread is to outsource its food logistics operation to Kuehne + Nagel, with the transfer of 340 staff and the replacement of depots in Reading and Castle Donington with a new site in Wellingborough. 07-Apr-2008 Geo Adams is to close its fresh pork processing plant in Boston with the loss of about 130 jobs. 07-Apr-2008 Bernard Matthews is to shed about 90 jobs at its turkey processing sites in Norfolk. 31-Mar-2008 Western Brand is to invest £6m in the expansion of its poultry processing plant in Lisnaskea, with the backing of Invest NI. 31-Mar-2008 Kerry Foods is to create 17 new jobs following a £2.9m investment at its ready meals factory in Enniskillen. 31-Mar-2008 InBev is to shed 168 of the 380 jobs at its brewery in Samlesbury near Preston in May. 31-Mar-2008 Uniq is to conduct a review of its three desserts factories in Devon, Somerset and Shropshire, due to overcapacity and a fall in profitability. 28-Mar-2008 Robert Wiseman Dairies is considering plans to close the milk processing operation at its site in Pensilva, Cornwall, with the loss about 50 of the 133 jobs. 28-Mar-2008 Fruit First has ceased trading with the loss of 43 jobs at its fruit packing centre in Faversham, Kent, but a further 63 staff are still employed at Fruit First Select and Fruit First Storage. 28-Mar-2008 The Meat Hygiene Service is planning to close five offices in Cardiff, Wolverhampton, Taunton, Edinburgh and York, with the loss of 107 jobs. 26-Mar-2008 Lloyd Maunder is to shed 32 of the 650 jobs at its poultry processing plant in Mid Devon, and has also unveiled a £5.5m expansion plan for the site. 20-Mar-2008 Cherry Valley Farms is considering plans to shed at least 140 of the 450 jobs at its Sandbrae poultry processing plant in Caistor. 19-Mar-2008 Moy Park is to close its poultry processing plant in Bury St Edmunds with the loss of 188 jobs, in order to transfer production to a larger site in Lincolnshire. 17-Mar-2008 Coldwater Seafood is to close its fish processing factory in Redditch with the loss of about 150 jobs, having lost a contract with Marks & Spencer. 14-Mar-2008 Muller has won permission to expand its dairy factory in Market Drayton, with the creation of about 300 jobs. 10-Mar-2008 Whyte & Mackay has secured outline planning permission to build 17 new warehouses at its Invergordon distillery in Easter Ross, at a cost of £15m. 06-Mar-2008 AB Agri is to relocate its Peterborough-based animal feeds business and 100 staff to a new 22,248 sq ft site at Lynch Wood later this year. 05-Mar-2008 Warburtons is to open a new 15,000 sq ft bakery depot at Howden in East Yorkshire in July, with the transfer of 42 jobs from its site in Gilberdyke. 05-Mar-2008 Geo Adams is to shed up to 71 management and administration jobs at its meat products factory in Spalding. 03-Mar-2008 Pernod Ricard is planning to reopen the mothballed Braeval distillery near Tomintoul in July, and has also started discussions with Moray Council about plans to expand its flagship Glenlivet distillery. 03-Mar-2008 Arla Foods is to close its dairy distribution centre near Uckfield in East Sussex in July, with the loss of about 90 jobs. 03-Mar-2008 Cert Octavian is expected to shed about 40 jobs at its Whetstone depot in Leicester next month, having lost a drinks distribution contract with Jim Beam Brands. 29-Feb-2008 Apetito is planning to close its pie factory in Dudley in March, with the loss of up to 77 jobs. 22-Feb-2008 JP Bananas is to close its fruit packing plant in Bridgwater with the loss of 81 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its sites in Bolton and Dartford. 20-Feb-2008 Emile Tissot is planning to close its frozen foods factory at Stafford Park Industrial Estate in Telford next month, with the loss of 47 jobs. 20-Feb-2008 Grampian Country Foods, the meat and poultry supplier with 25,000 staff, is expected to receive takeover bids from Vion of the Netherlands, Sadia of Brazil and US-based private equity firm CCMP. 20-Feb-2008 KK Fine Foods is planning to build a new £1.7m cold store and production facility at its ready meals factory on Deeside Industrial Park this year. 18-Feb-2008 Scottish & Newcastle has announced plans to close its brewery in Reading by 2010, with the loss of up to 362 jobs. 13-Feb-2008 Shackleford Mushrooms is to close its mushroom farm near Godalming in Surrey with the loss of about 80 jobs, due to foreign competition. 12-Feb-2008 Bon Bon Buddies is to relocate its confectionery business from Crumlin to a new £1m site at Oakdale Business Park near Caerphilly in March. 11-Feb-2008 Go-Associates is to build a new £6m fresh produce terminal at the Port of Liverpool by September, employing 30 staff. 06-Feb-2008 British Cattle Movement Service is to shed 97 agency jobs in the Single Payment Scheme section of its Derwent Howe site in Workington. 06-Feb-2008 Whitbread Food Logistics is to shed about 200 jobs at its distribution depot in Reading by October, in order to transfer the work to Northampton. 06-Feb-2008 Coors UK is to shed about 100 HR, IT and finance jobs at its Burton head office, as part of the reorganisation of its brewing business. 06-Feb-2008 Associated British Foods is to close the Patak's frozen foods factory in Dundee in March, with the loss of 60 jobs. 04-Feb-2008 Mitchells & Butlers has received a number of £4bn takeover approaches from rival brewers and pub operators, following a major financial loss from a property venture. 31-Jan-2008 The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas) is to close its site in Burnham-on-Crouch by December with the loss of about 50 jobs, and a new site will open at Waveney Campus in Lowestoft in 2010. 30-Jan-2008 No Catch, the Shetland-based seafood firm with 100 staff, is considering plans to either sell the business or secure additional financial support. 30-Jan-2008 Haith's Seeds is to relocate its bird seed manufacturing business and 35 staff from Cleethorpes to a new £3.5m 30,000 sq ft site at Grimsby Europarc. 30-Jan-2008 Paramount Foods is to shed up to 60 of the 370 jobs at its pizza factory on the Deeside Industrial Estate in Flintshire. 29-Jan-2008 Braehead Foods is to relocate its Kilmarnock-based meat processing plant to a new purpose-built 30,000 sq ft site in March. 29-Jan-2008 Organix Brands, the baby food supplier with annual sales of £18m, is seeking finance to expand and the business may be put up for sale. 28-Jan-2008 Pasta Reale, the Crawley-based pasta and soups manufacturer with annual turnover of £30m, is said to be seeking a buyer. 28-Jan-2008 Fane Valley Co-operative Society is to close its potato packing plant at Dervock in Antrim in April, with the loss of 16 jobs. 25-Jan-2008 Carlsberg is to close its brewery in Alloa in August with the loss of up to 58 jobs. 21-Jan-2008 Penwith District Council has approved plans for the development of a new £7m fish market in Newlyn. 17-Jan-2008 PPCS Brooks is to shed up to 50 of the 200 jobs at its meat processing factory near Norwich, in order to focus on the cold store and packing operations. 17-Jan-2008 Bernard Matthews is to shed up to 90 jobs at its Great Witchingham head office in Norfolk, as part of a strategy to focus on turkey farming and production. 16-Jan-2008 Camgrain has secured a £4m grant from the East of England Development Agency to invest in new grain processing facilities near Newmarket over the next five years. 16-Jan-2008 Bernard Matthews is in negotiations to sell its sandwich business to Kerry Foods, which could lead to the loss of up to 150 production jobs in Dunstable and 100 van drivers. 15-Jan-2008 Young's is to be merged with sister company Findus in February to create a combined seafood processing company called The Foodvest Group, with annual turnover of £1.1bn. 15-Jan-2008 Dairy Farmers Of Britain is to close its milk depot in York with the loss of up to 15 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Leeds. 11-Jan-2008 Boutinot is looking to sell its Cheshire-based wine distribution business, which has more than 70 staff, for up to £40m. 10-Jan-2008 Associated British Foods has closed its Zest Foods factory at Newtown in Mid Wales with the loss of about 25 jobs, in order to transfer production to Poland. 10-Jan-2008 East of England Co-operative Society is to close its dairy processing plant in Ipswich in March, with the loss of up to 58 jobs, but negotiations are taking place to transfer a further 300 jobs at other sites to Dairy Crest. 09-Jan-2008 Del Monte is to close its fruit juice packing plant at West Lynn in Norfolk in February, with the loss of up to 80 jobs. 08-Jan-2008 Edrington Group is in negotiations to sell its Glenglassaugh distillery in Banffshire to a consortium from Eastern Europe for up to £3m, and about £2m will be invested to restart production. 02-Jan-2008
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