VIC:Vic fruit cannery closing

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2011
VIC:Vic fruit cannery closing

An SPC Ardmona fruit cannery plant in northern Victoria will close, affecting about 150 jobs.

Parent company Coca-Cola Amatil has announced the Mooroopna plant will go, after reporting
a 28 per cent fall in first half profit.

It's blamed the strong Australian dollar, saying it hit SPC's exports and led to a
surge in cheaper imported packaged fruit and vegetable products.

The other two cannery plants in northern Victoria, at Shepparton and Kyabram, will keep going.

CCA boss TERRY DAVIS says all affected employees will be offered jobs within the company's
beverage business in Australia, but they'll be outside the Goulburn Valley.

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KEYWORD: CANNERY (MELBOURNE)

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