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Almost 100 jobs are under threat at a pie factory in Portadown, it has emerged.Almost 100 jobs are under threat at a pie factory in Portadown, it has emerged.
The Kerry Group has a begun a "formal consultation" with employees at its Denny factory over the transfer of production elsewhere in the UK. The Kerry Group has a begun a "formal consultation" with employees at its Denny factory over the transfer of production.
However, van sales and marketing operations currently based in Portadown will not be affected, the company has said. It is to be moved to two factories in England - Poole in Dorset and Burton-on-Trent.
Kerry Group employs a total of 800 people in Northern Ireland. However, van sales and marketing operations based in Portadown are not to be affected.
A Kerry Group spokesman said that due to the "current business environment", it needed to consolidate.
It is understood that production at the factory on Portadown's Corcrain Road is to cease at the end of April.
Some staff may be offered redeployment, but there will be up to 94 redundancies, the spokesman added.
The Kerry Group employs a total of 700 people at several sites across Northern Ireland.