Century-old cheese factory changes hands
Map: Bega 2550
The hand-over is almost complete for one of the oldest dairy manufacturing plants on the NSW south coast.
The National Foods company has sold the century-old ABC cheese factory at central Tilba.
The company has transferred the manufacturing operations to its headquarters in Melbourne.
However, the land, factory and shop business at Tilba has been purchased by two of the ABC's cheese factory employees who will continue to sell cheese under the Tilba Club brand.
National Foods' spokesman Ian Greenshields says his company shares the concern of people in the Tilba district at the loss of the factory.
"Look, it's been there for many, many years as everybody in the south coast knows. It's very sad when you have to close down a landmark like that, so we're just glad that we were able to just keep the shopfront going," he said.
Topics: dairy-production, bega-2550
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