Dutch food group Vion is planning to close a bacon processing site close to the UK city of Manchester.

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The company, which bought UK meat giant Grampian Country Food Group last year, said an “increasingly competitive” market and “significant” over-capacity in the sector had prompted the decision.


The closure of the site in Ashton could lead to the loss of 380 jobs, a Vion spokesman in the UK told just-food today (29 April).


The spokesman said Vion planned to switch bacon curing from the ex-Grampian site at Ashton to a facility in Malton. Bacon slicing will move to a plant in Scunthorpe.

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