Müller Milk & Ingredients is to launch a review into its Aberdeen depot operations, putting up to 50 jobs at risk.
The dairy giant has proposed a 30-day “collective consultation process” that will consider relocating the operation to MMI sites in central Scotland “which are closer to customer regional distribution centres”.
It is part of Müller’s Project Darwin cost-cutting drive, and follows the announcement it would close its Foston dairy in June. Müller completed a £15m upgrade to its Bellshill dairy near Glasgow last December, which boosted its processing capacity to 370 million litres of fresh milk a year.
“As we continue with our Project Darwin transformation programme, we need to continually adapt to meet changing customer and consumer preference,” said MMI Distribution CEO Ian Smith.
“We’re facing into the reality of a decline in fresh milk consumption and significant changes in retailing. The volume going through our Aberdeen site has been severely impacted, and with the majority of our customers distribution operations now located in central Scotland, we need to take action.”
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