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'Devastation' as food manufacturer enters administration with 662 jobs lost
Administrators were appointed after the prepared meals maker closed, with 662 jobs lost and local leaders warning of wider economic damage.
- On Monday, November 9, Worcestershire-based Kanes Foods Limited entered administration, ceasing trading immediately and resulting in more than 600 job losses at its Evesham site.
- Administrators from PwC attributed the collapse to "significant financial and operational challenges over the last few years," compounded by a June 2025 wastewater plant failure and August 2026 drought-related supply disruptions.
- Joint administrators Timothy Andrew Higgins, Edward Williams, and Helen Wheeler-Jones explored options to save the business, but "no workable solution" was found during a fast-track sale process that began mid-September 2026.
- Droitwich and Evesham MP Nigel Huddleston described the closure as "devastating news," confirming he is liaising with the Department for Work and Pensions to support affected employees.
- Evesham Town councillor Emma Nishigaki warned the failure will have a "big impact on the local economy," while former supply chain director James Burrell noted on LinkedIn that hundreds of professionals now face an "uncertain future.
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UK supermarket supplier collapses into administration with 662 jobs los
UK supermarket supplier collapses into administration with 662 jobs lost . A food supplier to some of Britain's biggest supermarkets has collapsed into administration, with 662 workers losing their jobs
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