Food manufacturing company 2 Sisters Food Group has re-opened the factory, which was previously owned by ready meals food business S&A Foods in Derby, the UK.
This firm is hiring 200 employees for the facility
2 Sisters had acquired the location in December 2015 after the Asian ready meals business fell into administration when Asda cancelled its supply contract for frozen ready meals. This led to around 300 job losses, reported Supplychainanalysis.igd.com.
Birmingham-based 2 Sisters Food Group said that the production operations at the site would begin in March, following which other phases of production would commence.
The factory would produce ready meals, reported Foodingredientsfirst.com.
Positions would be filled in for production line operatives, hygiene operatives, machine minders, line leaders, and factory trainers.
A company spokesman was quoted by Foodingredientsfirst.com as saying: "One of the things that first attracted us to the site was the close proximity to a high calibre, dedicated workforce that we knew would be able to product some great quality food.
"Our recruitment days next week demonstrate that we're getting closer to getting this site up and running again in the very near future."
The move is part of company's plan to improve its ready meals division - in 2015, the company announced plans to invest £55m in the segment, to renovate its Pennine Foods factory, which produces soups, ready meals, and sauces for Marks & Spencer, reported supplychainanalysis.igd.com.
2 Sisters also had plans to expand production capacity at three other facilities in South Wales, Carlisle and Grimsby. In the recent past, the company has also made efforts to improve its relationship with retailers such as Aldi and Lidl. The companies have collaborated on several supply chain projects to improve upon efficiency, capability and bring about associative change, the publication reported.
In October last year, the company also announced an investment worth £150m into its poultry unit. In this regard, 2 Sisters CEO Ranjit Boparan had said that the investment in poultry business was aimed at providing innovative products and better value to consumers.
"We are aiming to further align our poultry business with the needs of our customers, creating world class facilities utilising state of the art technology, and driving efficiency."
