Food giant criticised for closing butter plant

FOOD giant Kerry Group was criticised last night for deciding to shut a sophisticated butter making plant, resulting in the loss of 29 jobs.

Staff at the hi-tech former Breeo Foods facility in Mitchelstown, in north Cork, were told yesterday that production there will cease within 30 days.

It follows a six-week review of operations sparked by the takeover by Kerry of Breeo Foods earlier this year.