Alex Fraser – Usdaw Area Organiser says: “This is devastating news for the staff who are obviously very upset. It would also a blow for Leicester to lose the iconic Fox's Glacier Mints brand, which is in its centenary year.

“We will now enter into meaningful consultation talks with the company, where we will examine the business case for the closure of this site. In the meantime we are providing our members with the support, advice and representation they require at this very difficult time.”

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Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest and the fastest growing trade union with over 420,000 members. Membership has increased by more than one-third over the last couple of decades. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades.
 
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