Monday, January 26, 2015

Premium Brands to close Toronto plant

Premium Brands Holdings Corp. is closing its processed meat plant in Toronto in December, a move that will affect about 200 workers.

The company said the workers will receive severance packages and have access to counseling and outplacement services and workshops.

The plant produces branded and private label processed meat.

Premium Brands said it looked at a number of options, but none was economically feasible for the plant, which was built in 1958.

The company plans to gradually move work done at the Toronto plant to other facilities in Ontario starting in the spring, with the final shutdown in December.


The company bought Piller’s Meats and Delicatessens Ltd. of Waterloo in 2011.