Moy Park to hire 450 full-time workers at Lincolnshire poultry site

Irish food processor Moy Park, part of Brazilian food company Marfrig, is set to strengthen its processing capabilities at its Anwick poultry plant in Lincolnshire, with the addition of 450 new full time jobs.

With this development, the temporary roles at the site will move to full-time contracts with the company, increasing employee count at the facility to more than 1,500.

Moy Park stated that it worked closely with the local communities as well as with customers and suppliers to make a positive contribution.

Moy Park Operations director Gary Leslie said: "This investment is a vote of confidence in the British agriculture industry.

"We believe this jobs creation will have a positive impact in Anwick and the surrounding area as well as enhancing service delivery for our customers in the UK retail sector and building on our success in the industry.

"Our Anwick site is one of the most efficient state-of-the-art operations of its kind in the UK and Europe and we aim to create and maintain a workplace environment that is recognised by our employees and the community as being a great place to work."

In November, the company launched a major grower expansion programme, which is aimed at increasing breeder and broiler growing capacity in Northern Ireland by up to 400 poultry houses over the next two years.

Moy Park is one of the major producers of organic, free range and corn fed poultry in Europe.

The company caters to retailers and foodservice providers throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe with a range of fresh, coated and added value poultry products.

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Image: Moy Park is one of the major producers of organic, free range and corn fed poultry in Europe. Photo: courtesy of patrizio martorana.