Zurich — Nestlé plans to eliminate about 300 positions at its UK confectionery factories and move the chocolate-wafer biscuit brand Blue Riband’s production to Poland as the world’s largest food company implements efficiency measures. Most of the cuts will occur at the York and Fawdon factories in northern England this year and next, the Vevey, Switzerland-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. The other two sites affected are located in the English town of Halifax and Girvan in Scotland. The maker of KitKat chocolate said it expects the reductions to be achieved through voluntary departures. Nestlé has been working on measures to reduce costs in Europe, the Middle East and Mediterranean markets up to end-2019. In February, the company said restructuring costs will rise to about 500-million francs ($502m) in 2017. Chief financial officer François-Xavier Roger told Bloomberg News that half the savings Nestlé targets by 2020 will come through streamlining production at its netw...
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