Exceedingly good news for Barnsley as Mr Kipling sweetens pot
Premier Foods is to invest £20m at its Mr Kipling cake factory in Barnsley in a move that will safeguard jobs and double the factory’s capacity.
The new line will be capable of producing 300 million cake slices a year. The group said the investment will safeguard the future of the site’s 680 permanent workers. The work will take 12 months and will involve the installation of a mixing station, oven and sophisticated packing robotics, which will add significant volume to the site.
Jason Ramsay, factory general manager for the Carlton site, said: “This investment is a strong vote of confidence by Premier Foods in the Carlton site and the Carlton workforce. This latest news is a huge boost for all of us.”
The £20m piece of cake: Business Tuesday.