Share of 400 Morrisons jobs moving to Wakefield as supermarket giant pulls plug on Bradford distribution centre
The agency stated its Bradford web site at Cutler Heights would stop operations and 456 folks have been in danger of redundancy.
A spokesperson for the supermarket stated: “Morrisons at present operates two fruit packing websites at Thrapston, Northamptonshire and Cutler Heights in Yorkshire.
“Recent investments within the Thrapston web site have created extra capability and area which has made consolidation of the 2 websites doable.
“After very cautious evaluation and analysis, we suggest to transfer forward with a consolidation at Thrapston within the second half of 2023.
“Regrettably, the proposal to consolidate two websites implies that there are 456 colleagues at Cutler Heights who’re in danger of redundancy.
“We will do all the things we are able to to make use of these colleagues in different Morrisons manufacturing, logistics and retail websites within the native space.
“Over 400 new roles will likely be created on the Thrapston web site and in our Wakefield distribution centre.”
The agency was taken over in October 2021 by the American non-public fairness group Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
The Bradford web site was the agency’s first ever fruit packing web site. The firm was established within the metropolis in 1899 – 124 years in the past
The transfer of operations to the Wakefield and Thrapston websites is about to happen within the second half of this yr.
It is planning to repurpose Cutler Heights right into a pet meals manufacturing operation however it’s understood this won’t occur instantly.
