date:Mar 05, 2013
Birmingham-based 2 Sisters Food Group said its purchase of VION would give it more capacity to meet growing demand.
VION has processing sites in England, Scotland and Wales. In England, it has poultry plants in Essex and Suffolk and red meat processing plants in Cornwall.
The deal would secure the immediate future of about 6,000 jobs in the UK, 2 Sisters said.
VION currently employs 183 workers at its poultry processing plant in Basildon and 748 in Witham, both in Essex and 448 at its plant i