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| 02 mar 2017 |
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Pepsico plans to close the Walkers snack plant in Peterlee
Pepsico, the owner of the Walkers snack brand, has announced the intended closure of the Walkers Snack factory in Peterlee, Durham County, United Kingdom.
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Shutting down the plant puts a total of 380 jobs at risk, 355 in production and 25 in transport. It has been proposed to shut down the manufacturing operation per December 31, 2017.
Tracey Foster, managing director at Pepsico UK:
“In order to improve the efficiency of our UK snacks manufacturing operations, we are proposing the closure of our factory at Peterlee.”
“Crisps currently produced at the site would be manufactured at our other facilities in the UK.”
“Peterlee has been an important site for our business but the changes we are proposing present significant productivity and efficiency savings crucial for ensuring the long-term sustainable growth of our business in the UK.”
“We appreciate this is upsetting news for everyone at the Peterlee site.”
“No decisions will be made without first consulting employees and their representatives.”
“We would also like to reassure colleagues that we will be providing on-going support and assistance from this point onwards.”
The news comes just weeks after PepsiCo reported an 18% drop in Q4 net income to 1.4 billion US dollars from 1.7 billion US dollars during the same period in 2015.
Pepsico has charged ahead with its 'productivity' plan, which has seen the company invest in automation, and work at 'optimising' its global operations in part by 'closing certain manufacturing facilities'.
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