AXE FOR HP SAUCE JOBS.Byline: By ALLISON MARTIN BRITAIN'S HP Sauce HP Sauce is a condiment; a popular brown sauce formerly produced in Aston, Birmingham, England, by HP Foods but now produced by H.J. Heinz in Elst, the Netherlands. It has a malt vinegar base blended with fruit and spices and is usually eaten as an adjunct to hot or cold savoury factory in Birmingham is to close next March with the loss of 120 jobs. US food giant Heinz confirmed the cost-cutting move last night after unions admitted defeat in their bid to keep the plant going. But bosses stressed that the famous Houses of Parliament Houses of Parliament: see Westminster Palace. label will be retained, despite production of HP Sauce being transferred from the Aston Cross factory to Heinz's European sauces centre in Elst, Holland. Bottling of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce will be returned to a Worcester site. The closure proposals were first announced on May 9. Heinz estimates the move could save pounds 25million over the next 10 years. Vowing to try to find staff other jobs, vice-president David Hobin said: "We deeply regret this difficult, though necessary, decision." But long-serving Zeff Qurreshi, 53, attacked the Government for not doing enough to support the "gutted gut n. 1. a. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach. b. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut. 2. " workers' campaign. |
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