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“We are supporting our people through this process, with potential options of relocating to other manufacturing sites, where jobs are matched to skill set and experience required, and via EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) services. “Next season, our Temuka team will focus on the products it makes really well, outstanding, artisanal, award-winning cheeses.” The spokesperson said pausing the manufacturing of bulk cheese “was necessary to enable our team to make changes to our bulk cheese processes”. Just over 18 months ago the future looked bright for the Temuka plant. This followed Synlait purchasing the Talbot Forest Cheese brand, property and plant at the Temuka site from Geraldine couple Paul Fitzsimons and Angela Veale for a figure estimated between $30million and $40million.