Chilled food company The Compleat Food Group, which recently formed following the merger of Winterbotham Darby and Addo Food Group, has announced a recruitment campaign as it welcomed local MP to its Palethorpes Bakery last week.
Shropshire MP Owen Paterson visited the site on 22 October, hailing the bakery’s ongoing community commitment.
The bakery employs around 750 people and is already well known within the local area for its community investment, with 59 per cent of its employees living within the local town of Market Drayton. The bakery is also proud of its long service commitment, with over 100 of its current employees having worked at the site for more than 20 years.
The group is now looking to expand this commitment further by recruiting 60 team members.
Leanne Massey, senior HR manager at The Compleat Food Group, said: “The population of Market Drayton and the wider Shropshire area have played an integral part of Palethorpes Bakery’s since it was built in 1967, therefore we are passionate about continuing to invest in a community that has given so much to us over the years, while also supporting the local economy through our recruitment campaigns.
“We are delighted to welcome MP Owen Paterson to our site and are honoured to have his support and acknowledgement of our ongoing support to the community.”
The bakery also runs an annual calendar of charity fundraising, product donations and employee volunteering opportunities, in support of several local charitable causes.
The site, which produces a range of hot pies, sausage rolls, pasties, slices and snacking products for major retailers, has 60 current vacancies, with a range of part-time, full-time, temporary and permanent positions, including production operatives, dispatch operatives, hygiene operatives and engineers.
