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Tesco ditches Romney Marsh.(Romney Marsh Potato Co.)(Brief Article)
From:
Grocer
| Date:
March 5, 2005| Author:
Meenehan, Greg
| COPYRIGHT 2005 William Reed Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Tesco has shaken up its potato supply contracts, resulting in sizeable redundancies at one of its long-standing suppliers, which is now facing ruin.
The Romney Marsh Potato Company said it had been forced to shed 81 of its 104 staff following the loss of its packing contract with the retailer.
The family-run Kent company had packed potatoes for Tesco for 47 years and said it had invested 2.2m [pounds sterling] in the past three years in state-of-the-art machi...
