George Weston plans US biscuit plant closures

The Canadian food group George Weston Ltd has announced that its subsidiary Weston Foods plans to restructure its United States Interbake biscuit operations.This means the closure of two biscuit facilities located in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Richmond, Virginia over the next twelve to eighteen months. Employment at both facilities will be phased down as the majority of the production is relocated to a new facility in Virginia and an existing Interbake facility already operating in South Dakota. Once completed, this initiative is anticipated to result in lowering annual manufacturing costs and strengthening Weston s competitive position within its biscuit operations in the United States