Carlisle based Ready Meals producer Cavaghan & Gray, part of 2 Sisters Food Group, is celebrating its 100 year anniversary with news that it has added 100 permanent jobs to its workforce.
The site employs around 1000 people, with about 800 of these being Cavaghan & Gray employees and the remainder from an agency supplier, Staffline. Now, the business has increased the percentage of permanent Cavaghan & Gray employees to over 900 people.
The site is also finalising its plans for additional employees in the run up to Christmas – Cavaghan & Gray produces ready meal accompaniments including prepared vegetables, ready made mash and party food.
Louise Cooke, HR Manager for Cavaghan & Gray, said: “This is good news for Cavaghan & Gray in our 100th year of operations.
“Historically the business has always had a proportion of employees from agency suppliers and this will continue to be the case, but increasing the level of permanent employees is a positive move for the site and shows how under 2 Sisters we are focused on growing our business in the future.
“The food industry overall remains tough but the ready meals market is showing continued growth and it’s important that we can capitalise on this.”
