A bakery in Cardiff is to cease production with more than 170 members of staff set to lose their jobs.
Allied Bakeries, , which has been running at the Maes-y-Coed Road site since 1971 and produces Kingsmill, has confirmed it will stop producing bread at its factory in Llanishen, Cardiff, on September 13.
The bakery will become a logistics depot, and distribute products into Wales and south west England.
The company confirmed 176 employees will be made redundant, including members of management and operations.
The Bakers Food & Allied Workers Union have been negotiating with the company in the hope of keeping bread production open at the site and saving jobs.
There had been a consultation with staff since an announcement was first made in June.
Representatives said they are "dissatisfied" with the consultation process, claiming the company did not negotiate "with an open mind".
On Wednesday, a spokesman for Allied Bakeries said: "Following a period of consultation with employees and their representatives, Allied Bakeries can confirm that it will be ceasing bakery operations at its Cardiff facility.
"In light of highly competitive market conditions and following the loss of a major own-label contract earlier this year, the business reviewed a number of options to improve efficiency across its 海角视频 bakery network.
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"This process concluded that re-allocating the Cardiff bakery output into Allied Bakeries' wider network was the most effective way of responding to these challenges.
"While we will continue to operate Cardiff as a distribution centre, we can regrettably confirm that 176 employees will made redundant, including members of management and operations.
"We are acutely aware of the impact of this decision on those affected, all of whom will be offered an enhanced redundancy package along with support to help find alternative employment either in the local community, or at another Allied Bakeries site in the 海角视频.
"We will also be liaising with other local businesses, the Department of Work and Pensions and Careers Wales to help identify training and employment options for those impacted."
John James, organising regional secretary for the Bakers Food & Allied Workers Union, has been leading the consultation with Allied Bakeries.
"We are very dissatisfied with the consultation," he said.
"We believe that it has not been meaningful and has been a sham as the company did not enter into the consultation with an open mind.
"It was apparent that they had already made their decision.
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"They have also failed to supply the union with the information that we need to assess the decision and consult with them on whether there are any other options available.
"It will be a very sad day for Cardiff if bread production is to finish at the bakery after so many years and more should be done to help to prevent some or all of the job losses."
Mr James said he has contacted the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) and intends to take legal action on behalf of his members against Allied Bakeries.
Clive Thomas, managing partner of Watkins & Gunn, who are representing the union, said: "Meaningful consultation and the disclosure of information to facilitate this is vital in any redundancy situation.
"The union need this information so that they can consult meaningfully with the company to find ways to avoid the redundancies or at least keep them to a minimum.
"Due to the absence of any meaningful consultation due to Allied Bakeries' refusal to provide the required information, we are instructed to issue a claim for a protective award, initially to ACAS under their early conciliation scheme, and, if necessary, to take it to the employment tribunal."
Outside the factory on Wednesday evening as shifts changed over staff said morale was low following the decision even if it was expected.
Dean Masters, 45 who has worked at the factory for 21 years, said: "We have known for a while that this was going to happen. We were told to go upstairs to a meeting room and everyone had a bad feeling.
"I'm going to be okay as I've found another job but there are people in there who have families and are going to struggle.
"I've really enjoyed my time working here so I don't have any complaints and they've handled the situation really well by helping us find jobs and other support.
"Of course the morale is really low and everyone is down. But they're just getting on with things."
Another employee, who didn't want to be named, said: "I've been offered a redundancy package and help with finding a new job so I can't complain.
"The company have been good with the support they have given us but other people will be worse off than me.
"We were told a while back so we've had time to deal with the situation."