Closing factory workers paid to help at food bank

Dutch coffee-making giant Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) will close its plant in Banbury this year.

Workers at a soon-to-close JDE factory are being paid by their employer to volunteer at a local food bank. The Banbury plant is shutting down this year, but JDE is allowing employees to assist the Banbury Breadline Project as production winds down, providing vital community support. The food bank expressed gratitude for the assistance, noting the positive impact on vulnerable residents and the potential for future improvements with union-gathered funds.

Workers at a factory due to close in Oxfordshire are being allowed by their employer to help at a local food bank while production scales down. Dutch coffee-making giant Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) will close its plant in Banbury this year, after six decades in the town. But teams of five workers have been allowed to work at the Banbury Breadline Project, while still being paid by JDE, to help support vulnerable members of the community. Owner and organiser of the food bank Andrew Wickham said he liked to create a 'family atmosphere' and that JDE had been a 'great help'.

Workers at a soon-to-close JDE factory are being paid by their employer to volunteer at a local food bank. The Banbury plant is shutting down this year, but JDE is allowing employees to assist the Banbury Breadline Project as production winds down, providing vital community support. The food bank expressed gratitude for the assistance, noting the positive impact on vulnerable residents and the potential for future improvements with union-gathered funds.

Dutch coffee-making giant Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) will close its plant in Banbury this year.

Workers at a factory due to close in Oxfordshire are being allowed by their employer to help at a local food bank while production scales down. Dutch coffee-making giant Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) will close its plant in Banbury this year, after six decades in the town. But teams of five workers have been allowed to work at the Banbury Breadline Project, while still being paid by JDE, to help support vulnerable members of the community. Owner and organiser of the food bank Andrew Wickham said he liked to create a 'family atmosphere' and that JDE had been a 'great help'.