About 750 jobs are expected to be cut in Pepsi Bottling's U.S. and Canada operations, including the closureof four facilities in the U.S. In Europe, operation streamlining will impact 200 jobs, while in Mexico, the closureof three plants, 30 distribution centers and 700 routes will impact 2, 200 jobs, the company said.
The backlog prompted the closureof the M20 between the Maidstone and Ashford turn-offs to allow for the complex operation to shift non-freight traffic off the motorway and onto the A20 to make room for the hundreds of lorries waiting to board ferries and trains for France.