2 Sisters Food Group lines up job cuts at UK ready-meals factory

2 Sisters Food Group is lining up occupation cuts astatine a UK ready-meals mill nether a restructuring exercise.

The private-label poultry supplier to large UK supermarkets declined to supply the finer details connected the plans astatine the Rogerstone tract successful Newport, South Wales, a works operated by its RF Brookes business.

Manufacturing chilled own-label acceptable meals successful varieties specified arsenic Indian, Italian and British, the Rogerstone installation employs 1,600 staff, according to 2 Sisters' website.

When contacted by Just Food, a spokesperson for 2 Sisters would lone say: "Having invested c.£20m [$26.8m] successful the concern we are proposing a insignificant restructure to thrust efficiencies. These proposals interaction astir 5% of the workforce."

Based connected those calculations, the planned occupation cuts would magnitude to 80 workers.

The spokesperson for 2 Sisters, which is owned by billionaire businessman Ranjit Singh Boparan, said the institution would not remark connected "speculation" centred astir a study by the South Wales Argus.

That work reported unit astatine Rogerstone had told the paper – based connected meetings with absorption – that consultations with workers were underway.

It suggested the tract was 'in the red' owed to rising costs impacting acceptable meals orders, though the South Wales Argus added the employees had requested anonymity.

Wales was besides deed successful 2023 erstwhile 2 Sisters took the determination to adjacent its poultry mill successful Llangefni, connected Anglesey.

Elsewhere successful the Boparan empire, the businessman struck a woody earlier this twelvemonth successful Germany, acquiring Heidemark for an undisclosed sum done his concern vehicle, Boparan Private Office (BPO).

Heidemark, a family-owned turkey and chickenhearted processor based successful Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, was to go portion of Storteboom Food Group, which is besides owned by BPO.

In different deals, Boparan rescued UK-based Roberts Bakery past twelvemonth from the hazard of going into administration, again done the concern vehicle.

BPO was besides progressive successful the transaction for different Welsh business, Brace's Bakery successful June.

Meanwhile, 2 Sisters reported a turnover past twelvemonth of £2.38bn, up 8.5% successful presumption of continuing operations. Profit earlier taxation climbed to £108.3m from £72.8m.

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