STORY: Addo on recruitment drive to ease hospitality redundancies

Chilled pastry producer Addo Food Group has announced it is now recruiting for temporary jobs across its six sites, which may help all those people who have been affected by recent redundancy within the hospitality and leisure-based industry as a result of COVID-19.  

The company, which has numerous sites around the UK, is offering roles to people with all levels of experience within its Spalding, Nottingham, Market Drayton, Shaftesbury and Poole factories.  

Deborah Bolton, CEO of Addo Food Group, said: “Coronavirus has impacted so many businesses within the hospitality industry already and as workers are being laid off all over the country from restaurants, pubs and bars, we’re pleased to be able to offer temporary positions within our six sites, which may help ease the financial pressure that a lot of people now find themselves in. It’s a really difficult time for people and it’s important that we help where we can.”

Experience within the food manufacturing industry isn’t essential as full training will be provided for all roles.

Addo Food Group is is the market leading producer of chilled savoury products in the UK, with sites in Spalding, Nottingham, Market Drayton, Shaftesbury and Poole. The company manufactures a range of savoury quiches, pies, pasties, slices, scotch eggs, sausage rolls and pork pies for major retailers, including category-leading brands Wall's Pastry and Pork Farm.