Norfolk Turkey farm closure
Jo | 14.11.2006 15:56 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Health | London
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.
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