A warning has been issued to anyone buying orange juice at supermarkets over a fears of a possible shortages.
Industrial action has been announced at one of the UK’s leading orange juice factories and as a result, union leaders have warned UK households that they could face dwindling supplies of the breakast staple.
Orange juice, packed with vitamin C, is a favourite all year round for its tangy health giving properties, and is one of your five a day, even though it contains a lot of sugar – albeit, naturally occuring sugars.
But it has been announced that almost 200 workers at the Princes Food Factory in Cardiff are set to walk out, and the Unite union has warned of possible shortages of fresh fruit such as orange juice.
The union has announced the strike will take place from December 17 to 24.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham told the Daily Mail: “[Owners] Newlat need to get back round the negotiating table before its customers discover they won’t have any products on their shelves. Our members work in back-breaking roles on low pay and want a fair slice of the pie.
“Newlat make 20 percent of all their revenues in the UK and are making money off the backs of these workers. Yet they want to short change our members.
“Unite won’t stand for such behaviour and will back our members in any dispute.”
Newlat Food makes pasta, milk and dairy, instant noodles and bakery products.
Princes sells fruit juices like orange juice, tinned fruit and fish under its own name, and has other brands including Flora sunflower oil and the Napolina range of Italian-style tomato sauces and cooking ingredients.
Its roots go all the way back to 1880 when it was founded as a fish importer in Liverpool.
