Bakkavor Group has submitted plans for a £20m expansion of its desserts factory in Newark, with the creation of up to 270 jobs.
About 1,800 people work at the Newark facility, which produces 170 million packs of desserts for supermarket own-brand labels each year. They include eclairs, doughnuts, tarts and slices, fruit and chocolate trifles, and profiterole stacks.
At that time, Bakkavor Desserts produced 80 million eclairs, 40 million egg custards and 20 million bowl trifles.
The Newark factory is forecast to produce £149m of sales in 2017. The company said that investing £20m in the factory could lead to sales increasing by £30m and keep it on track for annual growth of 3.5%.