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Sat 10 Oct 2008Jobs to be saved at Cappoquin
OVER 150 jobs are expected to be saved at Cappoquin Chickens in Co Waterford after the liquidator last night confirmed sale of the processing plant to a British-led consortium. It intends to produce halal chicken for members of the Muslim faith.
Liquidator Aidan O'Connell of Deloitte confirmed that two private investors, Perwiaz Latif and Zahid Hussain, who own Derby Poultry in the UK, had taken majority stakes in a newly-formed company, Cappoquin Poultry Ltd, set up to take over the plant.
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