date:May 27, 2014
Dutch meat processor the Vion Food Group has announced that it is to close a facility in the German city of Weiden.
Management at the Weiden slaughterhouse and meat-cutting facility informed 55 staff at the end of last week that they are to lose their jobs.
A spokesman for the company confirmed after newspaper reports that the Weiden slaughterhouse has been running large losses in recent years.
It comes not long after Vion decided to sell the convenience segment of its business and completel