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Kraft cuts 200 jobs at Bournville, Chirk and Marlbrook Kraft cuts 200 jobs at Bournville, Chirk and Marlbrook
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Food giant Kraft Foods is to cut 200 jobs under plans to invest £50m in its chocolate and biscuit manufacturing.Food giant Kraft Foods is to cut 200 jobs under plans to invest £50m in its chocolate and biscuit manufacturing.
The firm, which owns Cadbury, said jobs would go at sites at Bournville, Birmingham, Chirk in Flintshire, north Wales, and Marlbrook in Herefordshire.The firm, which owns Cadbury, said jobs would go at sites at Bournville, Birmingham, Chirk in Flintshire, north Wales, and Marlbrook in Herefordshire.
The losses will be made through redeployment and voluntary redundancies over two years from next March.The losses will be made through redeployment and voluntary redundancies over two years from next March.
Investment at the company's Sheffield plant will create 20 new jobs, the firm said. A new biscuit line will be launched at the Sheffield plant, creating 20 new jobs, the firm said.
Kraft said it would be making "significant investment" across four of its sites over the next two years.Kraft said it would be making "significant investment" across four of its sites over the next two years.
Kraft took over Cadbury in 2010. In March last year, following its acquisition of Cadbury, Kraft made a series of commitments to employees, including no further plant closures and no compulsory redundancies in UK manufacturing for two years.
'Speed up production'
The firm said these commitments remained "fully in force" and were not changed by the job losses announcement.
The £6m investment in Sheffield will see Oreo and BelVita biscuits being made in the UK for the first time, alongside existing production of Trebor, Maynards and Bassetts candy at the plant.
Kraft said additional money would be spent on a series of projects across three other manufacturing sites.
This includes £13.5m at Bournville, £3.4m at Chirk and £2.6m at Marlbrook.
The company said the remaining funds would be spent on a range of projects to upgrade infrastructure, speed up production, reduce waste and improve energy efficiency.