GMB are today calling on McCain Foods not to proceed with a proposal which would see 32 backroom jobs in five locations in England being outsourced to India. Yesterday McCain Foods told the GMB that they were looking at a proposal to outsource the jobs of finance and administration workers to India to take advantage of much cheaper wage rates there.
McCain Foods (GB) Ltd. directly employs around 2,000 people at 5 manufacturing sites across the country including Scarborough, Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire and Wombourne in South Staffordshire. PAS Ltd., a subsidiary of McCain, has processing facilities at Grantham and Hull. The company make chips, ready meals and pizza.
