Every possible way an historic Wirral chocolate factory can be saved will be explored, according to union bosses.
Last month, 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 had started a consultation process on the potential closure of its site on Pasture Road. The revelation was described as “shocking” at the time and comes just a few years after Barry Callebaut acquired the Burton’s Biscuit Company site in Moreton in 2018, 32 years after Burton’s bought it from Cadbury's.
But the firm may now close the site, putting the jobs of 45 permanent employees and 19 agency employees at risk. Unite, which represents workers at the Moreton factory, said it will look at “all alternatives” to the closure plan.
