Findus frozen foods calls in Administrators

sb44

Another one bites the dust.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Findus-Frozen-Food-Firm-Newcastle-Production-Goes-Into-Administration-Threatening-420-Jobs/Article/200901215201469?lid=ARTICLE_15201469_FindusFrozenFoodFirmNewcastleProductionGoesIntoAdministrationThreatening420Jobs&lpos=searchresults

adr0ck

what will students eat now if they can't eat crispy pancakes :eek:

rebeccaj

adr0ck wrote: »

if they can't eat crispy pancakes :eek:

that's got to be a bonus!

revolting things (crispy pancakes not students........:o )

Generali

Findus is owned by a private equity group, Lion who bought it along with Young's Seafood as part of their acquisition of Foodvest.

The company which has gone bust is Newcastle Productions which supplies Findus with many of its products. Foodvest and Lion are both still going strong AFAIK.

carolt

Sign of the times, I think.

Who eats crispy pancakes these days? (Except in a fit of post-modern irony?)

Really2

Now we know what those fat cat bankers were eating. It was not caviar afterall but crispy pancakes.:D

chewmylegoff

nooooooooooooooooo my crispy pancakessss.

recession sucks

Burlesque_Babe

that is sad My grandad worked there for years until he retired and it used to be one of the biggest employers in Grimsby and Cleethorpes in the 70s and early 80s.

Generali

Really2 wrote: »

Now we know what those fat cat bankers were eating. It was not caviar afterall but crispy pancakes.:D

It's why they're fat.

itsnever2lateisit?

Generali wrote: »

Findus is owned by a private equity group, Lion who bought it along with Young's Seafood as part of their acquisition of Foodvest.

The company which has gone bust is Newcastle Productions which supplies Findus with many of its products. Foodvest and Lion are both still going strong AFAIK.

Spot on, it is not Findus that has gone bust, but a sub-contractor who has lost the work to another factory.

IMHO The Indie is guilty of lazy/irresponsible journalism in this case, which could have a damaging effect on the owners of Findus

Really2

Generali wrote: »

It's why they're fat.

They lost me when they changed chicken & ham.:D