greencore food processing factory and warehousing
A former food processing plant shut in April 2014 resulting in 400 jobs being axed due to lack of investment into the complex and greencore not seeing it worthwhile to invest therefore the site being shut down turning into a dilapidated health and safety hazard!
It was Once upon a time a very productive and well known food production plant which made products for brands such as John Lewis and Marks and Spencers, employing people from various villages and helping towards the local economy, as you can imagine when this shut it would of been a huge blow to locals
Houses on the site have been refused by the local council on numerous occasions as they wish for it to remain as industrial, so therefore the developers whom own the premises are looking to leave it as it is until the council happen to give in and allow them to develop it, up until now much of it still remains and is very much there accept from some sites that have been burnt down by youths.
having looking online we came across a statement made by the press "Greencore has revealed plans to close its chilled desserts factory in Evercreech, Somerset, putting about 400 jobs at risk. The convenience food manufacturer said the facility was in need of repair or replacing; a financially unsustainable move. Production would continue at Evercreech until April 2018, it added"
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Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney said yesterday (23 May) the 126-year-old facility in Somerset, which employs nearly 400, was “no longer fit for safe production for the decades to come”.
Coveney said the private-label supplier had decided not to invest in the “high capital” that would be required to replace the facility or “absorb it into other parts of Greencore’s network”.
Coveney told investors the decision followed “extensive multi-year engagement” with UK retail customer Marks and Spencer on desserts supplied to the chain from the site. “We explored this in a very collaborative way with M&S… and other parts of the M&S supply base will step in over time and absorb different components of the range made in Evercreech.”
Evercreech generates around GBP50m (US$64.8m) in revenue annually “and is not loss-making”, Coveney said. He said the closure was expected to realise one-off exit costs “in the order of GBP5m in cash terms”, subject to completion of the consultation process.
reception has seen better days..
the main chilled warehousing has seen better days..
this would of been where palletised goods was left in lanes ready for delivery onwards
Another of the former processing/warehousing plant
Loading dock equipped with scissor lift for loading produce onto HGV's
Engineering shed; seems to of taken a little fire damage
maintenance buildings to the left and another loading bay to the right
yet another loading bay
maintenance sheds, a few effects still left inside but not to much left, due to the shear volume of machines once on sight they needed a big workforce of engineers
Maintenance workshop
maintenance workshop shot again..
maintenance workshop offices have seen better days
maintenance stores
maintenance shed hasn't much left now either accept the odd bit of paperwork
conveyor system in the maintenance stores
another of the stores
maintenance lift originally used to moving machines parts and fitters tools from level to level...
another of the maintenance workshop storage, absolutely massive maintenance dept here when it was open!
A former food processing plant shut in April 2014 resulting in 400 jobs being axed due to lack of investment into the complex and greencore not seeing it worthwhile to invest therefore the site being shut down turning into a dilapidated health and safety hazard!
It was Once upon a time a very productive and well known food production plant which made products for brands such as John Lewis and Marks and Spencers, employing people from various villages and helping towards the local economy, as you can imagine when this shut it would of been a huge blow to locals
Houses on the site have been refused by the local council on numerous occasions as they wish for it to remain as industrial, so therefore the developers whom own the premises are looking to leave it as it is until the council happen to give in and allow them to develop it, up until now much of it still remains and is very much there accept from some sites that have been burnt down by youths.
having looking online we came across a statement made by the press "Greencore has revealed plans to close its chilled desserts factory in Evercreech, Somerset, putting about 400 jobs at risk. The convenience food manufacturer said the facility was in need of repair or replacing; a financially unsustainable move. Production would continue at Evercreech until April 2018, it added"
bmit
Greencore CEO Patrick Coveney said yesterday (23 May) the 126-year-old facility in Somerset, which employs nearly 400, was “no longer fit for safe production for the decades to come”.
Coveney said the private-label supplier had decided not to invest in the “high capital” that would be required to replace the facility or “absorb it into other parts of Greencore’s network”.
Coveney told investors the decision followed “extensive multi-year engagement” with UK retail customer Marks and Spencer on desserts supplied to the chain from the site. “We explored this in a very collaborative way with M&S… and other parts of the M&S supply base will step in over time and absorb different components of the range made in Evercreech.”
Evercreech generates around GBP50m (US$64.8m) in revenue annually “and is not loss-making”, Coveney said. He said the closure was expected to realise one-off exit costs “in the order of GBP5m in cash terms”, subject to completion of the consultation process.
