NORTHERN Foods is to invest £26.5m in automated technology at its Fox's Biscuits factories to remain at the top of its game in a competitive environment. The company, which produces food including Goodfellas pizzas, Fox's Biscuits and Matthew Walker Christmas puddings, said that around 200 jobs would be lost at its  sites in Kirkham in Lancashire, Batley in Yorkshire and Uttoxeter as a result.

Northern Foods said that the technology would fix current "pinch-points" and help it move from three sites to two wo......for the full story register now for free or login below...