date:Oct 17, 2013
Food manufacturing company McCain Foods has announced it will close its potato processing plant in Penola, South Australia, by 20 December 2013.
The closure will see 59 permanent employees lose their jobs. McCain Foods said the employees will be offered redundancy packages.
McCain Foods said rising input costs, such as labour and electricity, and high material costs coupled with surplus capacity, contributed to the closure decision.
According to the Company, imports of cheaper processed potat