Nestle moves Blue Riband production to Poland

Food producer Nestle announced that it will move its production of the popular Blue Riband wafers to Poland, from its Fawdon factory. As a result of this and other cuts, some 300 people in the UK will lose their jobs. The wafers will be manufactured in Kargowa. “These proposals are being made by Nestlé UK to ensure that these sites operate more efficiently and remain competitive in a rapidly changing external environment. Our factory in Kargowa, Poland, is a centre of excellence for this type of wafer-based product and is the logical place for us to propose Blue Riband production takes place in the future,” The company said. The switch in production will happen in 2019. The Blue Riband wafers have been launched in 1936 in Switzerand, and re-launched in 2004. The product is not sold in Poland at the moment.