Hundreds of job losses as Dairy Crest announces plant closures
UK –, Dairy Crest, the UK’s largest milk processor, has announced a series of plant closures as part of its plan to improve efficiency and financial performance following the acquisition of Unigate’s dairy and cheese operations in July last year. Five plants are to close in total with the loss of nearly 800 jobs.
The Harby Blue Stilton plant in Leicestershire will be the first to go in April 2001. Production will move to the company’s processing operation at Hartington, Derbyshire, where a
