Food Processing
Birds Eye factory under threat

WORKERS, FEB 2007 ISSUE

Around 600 jobs are under threat at the Birds Eye frozen food factory in Hull, would-be Labour leader Alan Johnson's constituency. The work is to be transferred to Bremerhaven in Germany and other existing capacity at Lowestoft.

The decision is solely driven by cost and maximising profit and will reduce the Birds Eye workforce in the UK by 50 per cent. The company cites "unsustainable overcapacity" and other gibberish. Birds Eye was sold by Unilever in 2006 to Permira, the venture capitalists responsible for the Little Chef and AA debacles.

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