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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.12 - Processing and preserving of poultry meat
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2020
Employment effect (start)
26 March 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The 2 Sisters Food Group, the UK-based food manufacturer, has announced that it is creating more than 100 permanent and temporary positions across the UK in factory operative and logistics roles.
The business expansion is mainly caused by the increasing demand for food products in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic, and by the absence of large groups of existing employees due to illness or to the need for self-isolation. The company’s chief executive officer has launched the recruitment drive in a video message shared on social media, while 2 Sisters Food Group specified that selected applicants can be hired immediately.
The 2 Sisters Food Group is one of the largest food manufacturers in the UK and it also owns production facilities in Ireland, The Netherlands and Poland.
Sources
29 March 2020: 2 Sisters Food Group (press release) (www.2sfg.com)
30 March 2020: East Anglian Daily Times (www.eadt.co.uk)
Eurofound (2020), 2 Sisters Food Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 100228, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100228.
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