Shropshire Star

Adverts for 100 jobs at new Muller Wiseman butter factory

Adverts have gone out for 100 new jobs being created at what will become Britain's biggest butter plant.

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The jobs are being created at the £17 million Muller Wiseman dairies plant in Market Drayton, which is expected to open in the autumn.

Jobs being advertised include butter makers and technicians.

Planning permission for the new plant was granted last month. The yoghurt and dessert firm will remodel an existing bottling factory, create a two-storey extension and build 14 new silos at the current base.

The new plant will use 90,000 tons of cream produced by the Muller Wiseman group across the UK each year.

WIt will create up to 45,000 tons of butter, making it the biggest butter plant in the country.