Up to 40 jobs are under threat at a North Yorkshire scampi producer which says increasing costs and falling sales are putting pressure on its business.
Whitby Seafoods supplies retailers such as Sainsbury's, Tesco and Farmfoods with frozen scampi products which are made at its facility in the town, where 188 people are employed. The firm said increasing costs across its operations, including inflation in quayside prices, and a fall in sales volumes, meant it had sought ways to reduce costs.
It said that "regrettably", production and office jobs in Whitby are risk and that a consultation would stretch over the coming weeks. Whitby Seafoods managing director Daniel Whittle said: "Our excellent and hard-working colleagues are the backbone of our business, and we are sad that the challenging external environment has left us with no choice other than to take this step.”
