Cadbury announces plant closure deal in operations shake up

Cadbury says it has reached an agreement with some of its workforce to close a Barcelona-based gum factory as part of an operational shake up of its operations. A spokesperson for the manufacturer announced that unions had agreed terms with the company this week, which were approved via an 81 per cent majority, though could not detail any specifics of the deal with its employees and representatives. Cadbury says that it first proposed closing the Spanish gum factory at the end of March as part of a wider European supply chain review designed to cut operational costs in increasingly competitive times. Despite the decision to close the Barcelona plant, the company says that it still has sales and marketing operations in the city as well as two additional plants in Spain situated at Valladolid and Ateca