Kantoher Chickens

Type
Closure
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
138 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
26 January 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
7 March 2005

Description

Food ingredients giant, Kerry Group, is to close one of its subsidiaries with the loss of 138 jobs.

The group confirmed that it plans to close the Kantoher Chickens processing plant in Kileedy, Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, in the first week of March 2005.

A Kerry Group spokesman said the company planned to offer workers the chance to take up alternative posts in other group plants. The alternative plants will include its food ingredients operation in Charleville, Co Cork, which is currently expanding, and its factory in Listowel Co Kerry, where demand for workers is also increasing.

Sources

  • 20 January 2005: The Irish Times

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Kantoher Chickens, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 61134, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61134.