Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has called out Mondelez for refusing to take up the city council's offer to discuss options for keeping the Cadbury factory open. In his strongest public comments yet on the closure threat, Mr Cull told the rally he was disappointed with the lack of response from the multinational. Mr Cull said Mondelez would be "incredibly misguided'' to close the "efficient and profitable'' factory and lay off the "top performing'' workforce. Mr Cull said the closure was not, as some had claimed, a "foregone conclusion''. Last month, Mondelez told workers it planned to close the Dunedin factory by March 2018 and lay off more than 360 workers.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 11, 2017 01:01 UTC