Cheese maker Adams Foods will close its packing facility in the UK town of Wincanton, with the loss of 130 jobs.
The consumer foods arm of The Irish Dairy Board will move all cheese packing operations to its larger site in Leek, Staffordshire.
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The company began a review in December because of available capacity at the Leek site, which opened in 2009 following a GBP27m (US$42.3M) investment, in addition to the damage caused by a warehouse fire at Wincanton.
A statement said today (12 January): “Following discussions with its local workforce, Adams Foods Limited has confirmed that it is to cease its operations in Wincanton over the coming months. It has decided to consolidate cheese packing to its state of the art facility at Leek in Staffordshire.
“As a result the Wincanton facility will close and it is expected that at least 50 of its 180 staff will have the opportunity to redeploy to Leek.”
It added that it is in discussions with staff impacted by the decision and has doubled the statutory redundancy entitlement for those affected, subject to certain conditions.
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