UK: Finsbury could axe cake jobs at Memory Lane
By: just-food.com | 16 December 2009
Finsbury Food Group, the UK cake supplier, could axe 95 jobs at its Memory Lane Cakes business due to falling sales for premium products.
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Finsbury Food Group, the UK cake supplier, could axe 95 jobs at its Memory Lane Cakes business due to falling sales for premium products.
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