Poultry sale safeguards food jobs
UK - About 300 jobs at a struggling food factory in East Yorkshire have been safeguarded after the business was sold by its parent company to a rival firm.
2 April 2007
2 minute read
 The bird flu outbreak hit the company's profits |
The Uniq plant in Driffield has been in difficulty since foreign supplies were hit by January's outbreak of bird flu and it lost a Burger King contract.
The factory has now been sold to a subsidiary of the Grampian Country Foods Group for £11.8m.
The division makes breaded chicken and turkey meals.
Uniq announced it was selling its poultry business in February.
Source: BBC News
