Hundreds of workers facing uncertain future at Brooksby Foods in Melton

Consultations have begun with 400 staff at Brooksby Foods, based in Pate Road, as bosses seek to make changes to the products made at the factory.

The company says it will need just 100 to 200 staff at the site if the planned change to producing plant-based food stuffs goes ahead.

But it has also told workers that redeployment to other areas of the business is also a possibility.

A spokeswoman for Samworth Brothers, which owns Brooksby Foods, said: “We are consulting with colleagues at Brooksby Foods about a repurposing of the site to produce plant based lines.

“The consultation is on-going and has not concluded.

“If it did go ahead, the repurposed site would initially have 100 to 200 roles and we would be looking at redeploying other colleagues to other parts of the business where possible.”