Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association taken over Northern Foods' pork pie interests) announced that their Bowyers factory at Trowbridge in Wiltshire would close with the loss of 400 jobs. Production of the (mainly Melton Mowbray branded) pies was transferred to Nottingham, which is inside the area in which Melton Mowbray pies can be made under the PGI rules. Members argue that the association provides protection for smaller producers. Current members are: Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of pork pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England, UK. The association was set up in 1998 with
A607 road the left, where it is crossed by the Jubilee Way. As "Thorpe Road" it passes the small Melton Mowbray Hospital on the right, near the B676 junction, and passes the JET "Brobot Melton Mowbray" garage and a Tesco on the right. It bends to the right, and the road ahead, "Melton Spinney Road", is the exit for Twinlakes Theme Park (in the parish of Waltham and Thorpe Arnold). In Thorpe Arnold (Waltham and Thorpe Arnold parish) it passes the church, then ascends the Leicestershire wolds, passing Melton Mowbray Golf Club on the right. The Waltham transmitting station dominates the view