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Article: Cranswick Plc invests Pounds 7m to 'meat' demand ; Increased sales in gourmet sausages leads to factory extension
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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FURTHER evidence Hull is pulling out of recession has emerged as
one of the city's biggest employers announced a multi-million pound
expansion plan.
Cranswick Plc is extending its manufacturing facility on Helsinki
Road, Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, to meet increasing demand for
its gourmet sausages.
The plant currently produces between 300 and 400 tonnes of
sausages per year - the equivalent of 4.5 million to six million
sausages.
Once fully operational in January, peak output will increase by a
further 200 tonnes per year - another three million sausages.
The news comes after the Mail highlighted how the region's
caravan industry was beginning to drive economic growth in the
region.
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