Sanford Closed Christchurch NZ Mussel Plant Today, As Expected
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] April 20, 2015
Sanford has confirmed that it has closed its Christchurch mussel processing facility and will consolidate operations to its site in Havelock.
The decision comes after a consultation period with the 232 staff employed at the Riccarton site earlier this month. They were told that the company was considering the future of mussel processing in Christchurch. Sanford said recent weather patterns had impacted the regions's natural spat supply to a point where Stanford needed to look at its South Island mussel processing capacity.
“The final decision to close has been a difficult one due to the number of staff impacted, however given the outlook of reduced Greenshell mussel crop supply in the short to medium term, the Company needs one South Island location working efficiently at capacity, rather than two impacted by uncertain supply,” said Kuntzsch...
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