A buyer has been found for a troubled cheese factory in Minffordd which closed earlier this year, with the loss of more than 80 jobs and with £4 million in debts.

It was announced on Tuesday that Gloucestershire-based Futura, one of the largest suppliers of continental cheese to the UK and Ireland, had bought the GRH Foods factory in Minffordd.  

It is hoped that production will start again in the near future.

Responding to news that a buyer has been found to take over the cheese factory, Dwyfor Meirionydd MP Liz Saville Roberts MP said she was pleased and would be meeting the new owners next week.

“I welcome the news that a buyer has finally been found for the former GRH foods factory in Minffordd, securing the future of cheese production at this strategic site,’ she said.

“This is a state-of-the-art facility with the latest in cheese production technology and I’m pleased plans are now in place to restart manufacturing as soon as possible.

“I have a meeting lined-up with Futara Foods next week, and I’m looking forward to discussing their plans in more detail, where I’ll be pressing to see local jobs returning to the site.”

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