Chicken factory shuts

a TYCOON dubbed the Chicken King is shutting one of his factories, with 550 jobs at risk.

ranjit singh Boparan’s firm 2 sisters Food Group is closing a site in Witham, essex which has been open for 60 years.

The firm said it will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies, and look at moving staff to its operations in norfolk. 2 sisters is one of the biggest suppliers of chicken to supermarkets and also owns Fox’s Biscuits and Christmas pudding maker Matthew Walker.

Boparan, 52, has come in for heavy criticism after the company was found guilty of regulatory failings and poor hygiene at its factories following undercover investigations in 2014 and 2017.