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South Africa: Life in Tulbagh Depends On Its Canning Factory. Now It's Shutting Down
Premier says the business is no longer sustainable as about 90% of output was exported and more than 3,500 workers face retrenchment.
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Tulbagh At Risk Of Becoming A Ghost Town After Premier Foods Shuts Down Cannery
[Image: Wiki Commons] Premier Foods confirmed in July that it is closing its cannery in Tulbagh and the fallout is already starting to show in the town’s shops, taxi ranks and orchards. The company cited declining global demand, pricing pressure and rising input costs, saying the estimated R1 billion operation was no longer economically sustainable in its current form. The factory’s roots go back to the 1940s, when SA Preserving was set up to pr…
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