‘Love of cake’ to create 470 East Mids jobs

Food manufacturer Bakkavor is to create more than 470 new jobs at two of its East Midlands domestic production plants to meet demand for a range of deli products, ready meals and desserts.

In Nottinghamshire, Bakkavor Desserts Newark is looking to recruit another 370 staff to add to the site’s 1,700 workforce to meet demand for what it said was the UK’s “love for cakes”.

In a statement, Bakkavor said: “Driven by the popularity of desserts such as fresh choux buns and trifles, the business is looking to introduce a new night shift and boost its current day shifts.”

The new positions will include manufacturing technicians and food handlers.

At its Lincolnshire Freshcook brand, Bakkavor is looking to recruit more than 100 new employees at its factory in Holbeach St Marks.

Freshcook produces a wide range of chilled categories, ranging from high-end ready meals through to delicatessen products for M&S.

Bakkavor said: “Due to increased demand, the Holbeach business is looking to boost its current 600-strong staff team with new operative roles across day and night shifts as well as a number of management roles.”

Bakkavor said that it would “accelerate” its capital investment programme having posted improved turnover for the first quarter of the year.