Morrisons to close Bradford packing plant putting 450 jobs at risk
by Sarah Butler and Simrin Rahman from World news | The Guardian on (#6CPT5)
Cost-cutting measure in home city comes as supermarket grapples with rising cost of servicing its 7.5bn debt
Morrisons is closing a fruit-packing plant in Bradford, putting 450 jobs at risk in the supermarket's home city where it traces its roots back to 1899.
The debt-laden supermarket chain, which is battling to save costs after a takeover in October 2021 by the American private equity group Clayton Dubilier & Rice, said it was moving operations from the Cutler Heights area of the West Yorkshire city - its first ever fruit-packing plant - to another plant in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, and a distribution centre in Wakefield in the second part of this year.
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