300 new jobs in Bourne as Bakkavor Salads starts recruitment

Three-hundred jobs have been created at a town firm with recruitment starting now.

Bakkavor Salads is looking for people to join its food production team at its Bourne site.

The firm already employs more than 1,000 people in Spalding Road, preparing fruit, stir fry, noodles and dressed salads.

The positions being made available include day and night shifts and full and part-time roles.

The announcement yesterday (Thursday) also included news that Bakkavor Salads staff in Bourne raised £700 through a ‘stepathon’.

A team of colleagues took part in 24 hours of movement, clocking up 387,923 steps between them.

The money will be donated to Bourne’s Don’t Lose Hope charity, which supports people’s mental wellbeing through
activities and qualified counselling.

During the past year Bakkavor Salads staff in Bourne have raised more than £4,000 for good causes.

Jonathan Zair, operations manager at Bakkavor Salads in Bourne, said the announcement of new jobs brought “an exciting time for our Bourne site as we continue to develop and grow our business”.

He added: “We are proud of how we work together to make fantastic products as well as our community commitment.

“After many blisters among the team, we are pleased to be able to support ‘Don’t lose Hope’ with our donation of £700 raised through our 24-hour stepathon.

“At Bakkavor we are committed to supporting a wide range of UK communities in which we operate across the nation, however my colleagues at Bourne are especially committed to supporting a local charity close to our hearts and lives.

“We will continue raising awareness and support for the charity in the future and the vital work it does for members of our community.”