The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Bristol, Bury St Edmunds, Glasgow, Gillingham, South Kirby (Yorkshire) and Wrexham
Sector
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation
109 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The road haulage operations of chilled food manufacturer, David Price Food Services, have stopped trading with the loss of 109 jobs. Both the logistics and food supply sections of the company went into administration, but the sale of food supply business saved 29 jobs in Wallsend and Glasgow. The administrator KPMG announced that the closure followed a period of poor trading and increased costs, particularly fuel and utility costs.
Sources
1 October 2013: Insider Media
Citation
Eurofound (2013), David Price Food Services, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75975, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75975.
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