 In May 2016 Baxters announced that up to 80 employees were at risk of redundancy at its Fochabers manufacturing plant.The company stated that the reduction in workforce numbers was in response to ongoing external challenges including difficult trading conditions, tightening margins, food deflation, aggressive promotional activity and overall category decline reflecting change in consumer tastes.The changes are expected to take place over two years, with workforce levels across Baxter's European manufacturing sites examined later in the process.