Monday, June 24, 2013

More bad news for the food processing industry

Vanguard July 2013 p. 4
Duncan B.



US based vegetable processor Simplot has announced that it may close vegetable processing plants in Bathurst (NSW) and Devonport (Tas).

The Devonport plant employs 160 workers. The Bathurst plant is Australia’s biggest corn-processing plant.

The company blames cheap imported frozen vegetables for its problems. Tasmanian vegetable growers who supply about 60,000 tonnes of vegetables each year to Simplot are concerned by the announcement.

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