![]() Rachel Baldwin, vice president of HR for Pilgrim’s UK, said: “The decision to propose the closure of our Coalville and Bury St Edmunds sites and put a number of roles at risk at Ashton has not been taken lightly, but is unfortunately essential to help our business recover and secure a sustainable future for all of our team members across the UK. Consultations are getting under way and staff are being offered options including transferring to other sites. The plans could see production at Coalville move to Pilgrim’s plants in Corsham, Wiltshire, or King’s Lynn in Norfolk. The 2021 accounts for parent company Pilgrim’s Pride Ltd showed revenues down from £1.34 billion to £1.05 billion and pre-tax losses of almost £21 million compared to a pre-tax profit of £6.6 million a year before. Management said the closures were “essential” after the pork market was hit by a combination of lockdowns, soaring production costs and plummeting prices. It is understood that more than 300 workers at the Mantle Road site in Coalville face losing their jobs, while hundreds more could be made redundant at the Suffolk plant. A site in Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester could be cut to four days operating a week. Pilgrim’s UK plans to close its meat factories in Coalville, north west Leicestershire, and Bury St Edmonds, in Suffolk, under cost-cutting plans. ![]() ![]() Hundreds of jobs are at risk at a billion pound-turnover pig farming and pork products business. ![]()
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