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| Birds Eye plant to shed 490 jobs | Birds Eye plant to shed 490 jobs |
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| Nearly 500 jobs are being cut by food producer Birds Eye with the closure of its fish foods range factory in Hull. | Nearly 500 jobs are being cut by food producer Birds Eye with the closure of its fish foods range factory in Hull. |
| Employees were told the news during a morning meeting with chief executive Martin Glenn at the factory. | Employees were told the news during a morning meeting with chief executive Martin Glenn at the factory. |
| The company has blamed "excess capacity in its supply chain, particulary fish". The fish foods range will now be produced in Bremerhaven and Lowestoft. | The company has blamed "excess capacity in its supply chain, particulary fish". The fish foods range will now be produced in Bremerhaven and Lowestoft. |
| The company said it would consult with unions about the decision, which it said involved 490 redundancies. | The company said it would consult with unions about the decision, which it said involved 490 redundancies. |
| 'Cost-driven' | |
| In a statement Birds Eye said although the standards of production at the factory were high, the level of cost and excess capacity was "unsustainable". | In a statement Birds Eye said although the standards of production at the factory were high, the level of cost and excess capacity was "unsustainable". |
| Mr Glenn said: "We have inherited a business that has unsustainable over-capacity. The frozen food market is increasingly cost-driven. | |
| "To be competitive you require large scale, highly efficient production facilities. | "To be competitive you require large scale, highly efficient production facilities. |
| "The future success of our fish category can be best served through the consolidation of our production facilities into our larger and more efficient sites in Bremerhaven in Germany and Lowestoft." | "The future success of our fish category can be best served through the consolidation of our production facilities into our larger and more efficient sites in Bremerhaven in Germany and Lowestoft." |
| Factory manager Andy Stark said: "Clearly, this is devastating news for the people in the Hull operation. | |
| "We have a highly committed and skilled workforce who have tried their very best to move the site forward over the last couple of years in an attempt to retain volume at the factory." |