2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, has signalled plans to cut jobs at one of its ready-meals production sites. The company, which supplies major supermarkets across the country, has lined up redundancies at the unnamed factory, though the precise number of roles at risk has not been publicly confirmed at this stage.
2 Sisters Food Group has faced a challenging period in common with much of the food manufacturing sector, dealing with rising input costs, energy prices and shifting consumer demand. Decisions to restructure production capacity are becoming increasingly common across the industry as firms look to protect margins.
Workers at the affected site are expected to enter a consultation process, which is a legal requirement when an employer proposes collective redundancies. The outcome of that process will determine the final number of roles lost and whether any alternatives to redundancy, such as redeployment, can be found.