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Norfolk Turkey farm closure

Jo | 14.11.2006 15:56 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Health | London

A bit of good news

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6145516.stm

Found this on BBC news today:

A leading turkey producer is to close three days before Christmas with the loss of 75 jobs.

Cherryridge Poultry based in Norfolk blames cheap imports, the bird flu scare and supermarket pressure on prices for pulling out of the market.

The Northrepps company has been trading since the 1950s and had become one of the poultry industry leaders.

Operations director Neil Roper said the competition from foreign exports grew too much to carry on.

Jo