Soanes Poultry to invest £1.6m & create new jobs

Soanes Poultry has announced plans to increase capacity at its Middleton on the Wolds production plant, that will also see 15 new jobs created.

The £1.6million poultry factory extension project will increase capacity by 20% from June 2019 and will create employment in the sales and marketing, processing and distribution departments.

The £1.6m factory extension project will increase capacity by 20% and create 15 new jobs / Picture: Soanes Poultry

Soanes Poultry’s general manager, Nigel Upson said: “The project will enable us to improve infrastructure, increase whole bird processing and expand our portioning capacity in response to customer needs.

“It’s a significant investment that marks a new and exciting chapter in Soanes Poultry’s history and goes hand in hand with a plan to upgrade our farms.”

The project is part funded by the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development with a £583,000 grant secured by Westley Consulting.

Soanes Poultry is a family owned business which has been rearing and preparing chicken for 71 years. It currently employs 120 people and rears five million chickens a year on its Yorkshire farms and sells its chicken and game to butchers and independent retailers in Yorkshire and to wholesalers nationwide.