HYGRADE Foods has said it has no plans for redundancies despite a possible takeover by a Danish meat giant.
Hygrade, which has sites in Chippenham, Corsham and Devizes, supplies sausage and cooked meat products to UK retailers. It employs nearly 500 people at the Westmead factory in Chippenham.
The firm is negotiating to sell its meat operations to Danish Crown's UK subsidiary, Tulip.
A worker at the Chippenham factory, who wished to remain anonymous, said the planned takeover was announced to staff three weeks ago and they were told there would be no job losses.
He said some employees were unsettled by the announcement and concerned about what might happen six months down the line.
But Hygrade's group financial director Graham Melia said there was nothing to fear.
He said: "In reality there will be very little change.
"There will be a change of ownership, but they (Danish Crown) intend to continue running the company as it is.
"There are no plans for redundancies at this stage, but if they can help us grow the business and develop new customer relationships there could be the potential for more jobs."
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