A Wirral chocolate factory could shut down with jobs put at risk in “shocking” news for the community.
Barry Callebaut, a Swiss firm which runs a chocolate factory on part of the plot once home to Moreton’s Cadbury’s factory, said it has started a consultation process on the potential closure of its site on Pasture Road. In 2018, Barry Callebaut acquired the Burton’s Biscuit Company site in Moreton, 32 years after Burton’s bought it from Cadbury's.
But the firm may now close the site. Cllr Karl Greaney, who represents Leasowe and Moreton East, said: “It is very shocking to hear of the [potential] closure of this important local employer and the subsequent impact it will make on the local people directly employed but also on local businesses, who will be affected by any closure.”
