Jobs boost as QV buys Taypack arm
The deal, which means an increase in production, will create more than 100 jobs and safeguard hundreds of others in the Scottish potato-growing sector.
The operation is expected to process about 500,000 tonnes of potatoes next year, about 10 per cent of the UK total.
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Hide AdThe acquisition provides QV with one of the most modern grading and packing facilities in Europe with more than 20 million having been invested in the Inchture plant in recent years.
Both companies are family owned and both are fourth generation businesses, with the Taylor family being the driving force behind Taypack and the Worth family being behind QV.