Frozen food manufacturer enters administration putting more than 60 jobs at risk

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of frozen pastry products and ready meals, based in Cheshire, has gone into administration putting more than 60 jobs at risk.

Alsager-based Freshpack will continue to operate while a buyer is sought for the business, the administrators said.

Matt Dunham of Liverpool-based Dunham Dean Advisory has been appointed as administrator to the 66-year-old firm, which supplies a range of pies, ready meals and snack products to frozen food retailers and discount stores, both under the Freshpack brand and as white label products.

Dunham and Freshpack directors said they are in negotiations with suppliers and customers to ensure operations continue smoothly during the administration process.

They hope to sell the business as a going concern to save 68 jobs at the company.

Dunham said: “Freshpack operates a fully equipped modern factory with a long-standing, skilled workforce and benefits from an established customer network.

“This provides a great opportunity for another manufacturer to extend their production facilities, develop new product lines and expand into new areas of the market.”