Tulip, the UK meat processor acquired last year by Pilgrim’s Pride from the US, said it has secured the future of a loss-making plant in the south-west of England that could potentially have been shut down.
In a statement sent to just-food, Tulip, owned by fellow meat processor Danish Crown until last August, said “a recovery plan” for the site in Bodmin, Cornwall, has been agreed. However, 49 jobs are still set to go from what was a workforce of 270 at the time the company announced it was reviewing the operation in question.
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“The agreement follows extensive discussions with site management, employee representatives and customers, and will involve several operational adjustments,” Tulip said. “Changes to shift patterns and working arrangements will unfortunately result in an additional 49 redundancies. Individual discussions will be taking place with those impacted.
“Our ambition is to now deliver on the commitments which have been set out in our agreed recovery plan, continue with the process of continuous improvement for our day-to-day operations, and actively explore new growth opportunities.”
Last August, Tulip said the closure of the Bodmin facility was not “a foregone conclusion” even when the plant had been operating at a “significant loss for several years”.
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