Quebec poultry processing co-operative Exceldor has announced it will close its plant at Grenville August 1, according to farm newspaper La terre de chez nous.
The co-op, which bought Volailles Grenville in March 2007, announced to the plant’s employees in June 2007 that it would consolidate its fresh poultry slaughter and processing operations in its other two facilities, at St-Anselme and St-Damase, and explore other avenues for their facility, the newspaper said in an article Friday on its web site.
The co-op, whose total stated slaughter capacity is about 1.4 million chickens per week, announced in October last year that it would spend $18 million to modernize the St-Anselme facility.
