Frozen food producer KK Fine Foods plans to create 100 jobs at its facility on Deeside Enterprise Zone, supported by Welsh Government funding.

A £833,000 investment from the company is supported by a £100,000 loan from the Welsh Government to enable the opening of a third production hall to service new contracts from key customers including Weatherspoon, Ikea, Aldi and Morrisons.

Work is already underway and is scheduled for completion March 2016 with the majority of the jobs created during this period.

It plans to increase its workforce from 250 to 350 staff.

Last year KK Fine Foods announced a £4.2m expansion backed by the Welsh Government and Finance Wales which created 90 new jobs and increased its production capacity to more than £40m worth of frozen food a year.

Chairman Dr Graham Jackson said: "This latest expansion is part of our strategic long term growth plans which we have been able to bring forward thanks to support from the Welsh Government and in particular the Food and Drink officers based in Llandudno and Treforest who have worked very closely with us.

"It will enable us to meet the growing demand from some of our key customers and we anticipate it will increase our turnover to £40m within three years."

Economy minister Edwina Hart added: "The Welsh Government has worked closely with the company supporting its on-going growth since the business moved to Deeside in 2003 when it employed just 23 people. It now has a staff of more than 250 which will rise to 350 within 6 months which is good news."

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