The owner of Kelloggs Kellanova has today confirmed the fate of the factory on Park Road
Just months after its fate went to consultation ,they have announced that the factory on Trafford Park is to close in 2026
The move could potentially mean up to 360 workers could be made redundant
Andrew Western MP for Stretford said
I’m deeply disappointed by today’s news. The Kellogg’s site at Trafford Park has been an iconic part of our community for decades, with generations of local families working there. Its closure will be a huge loss for people in Stretford and Urmston.
“My first thoughts are with the staff affected. I’m pleased that through consultation with the unions an enhanced redundancy package and redeployment scheme has been agreed, but job losses are always incredibly difficult.
“I’ll continue to work with the unions and Kellanova to ensure the transition for staff at the Trafford Park site is as smooth and as fair as possible.”
The Company came to Trafford Park in the 1930’s just over twenty years after W.K. Kellogg had opened the “Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company” and carefully hired his first forty four employees. “Remember you can recover from any ordinary disease by discontinuing coffee and poor food and using Postum food coffee and grape nuts” was their advertising motto.
Their factory has stood on the corner of Warwick and Talbot roads since 1938 and is now the world’s largest cereal manufacturing plant.
Since the very first batch of Corn Flakes came off the production line in May 1938, the factory now produces sixty seven million packets of Corn Flakes every year for the UK alone.
