More than 500 jobs will be lost, after Kellogg’s announced it will close their London plant by the end of 2014.

A mandatory meeting was held Tuesday morning at the Four Points Sheraton, where Kellogg’s informed full-time unionized workers their intention to close the plant by the end of 2014. The decision is part of the company’s four year, Project K efficiency and effectiveness program.

“What do you do? I guess were just going to have to move on like everybody else does,” says Jami Kelly.

Kelly is a legacy at Kellogg’s, with his father and uncle both working there before him. The 53-year-old has spent the past two decades with the company, and is concerned about the future.

“I hope by the end of next year, I’ll be near retirement and I’m hoping they’ll do the right thing and bridge some of us,” says Kelly. “Help us out.”

Others like Cindy Hilder, are upset about the timing of the announcement being so close to the holidays.

“Merry Christmas, thanks for telling us right now,” says Hilder.

Hilder has spent the past seven years with the company and says even now, people are struggling financially.

“There’s no jobs here, what are we going to do?” says Hilder.

In a release sent out by the Kellogg Company, changes to the supply chain infrastructure also includes the closure of their snacks plant in Charmhaven, Australia. The cereal company will expand their snack and cereal plant in Rayong, Thailand.

“As with any project of this scope and one that impacts people, these are difficult decisions,” said John Bryant, President and CEO, Kellogg Company. “We are very mindful of the impact these changes will have – particularly to our employees. As our employees and others would expect from Kellogg, we will help those who are impacted through their transitions.”

The decision comes a month after the cereal maker laid off 110 of its 500 full-time unionized workers.

“Some of these people have been here 20, 30 years,” says Hilder. “It’s going to affect some of these peoples retirement.”

The plant on Dundas Street East has been a fixture in the city for nearly a century, becoming a Kellogg's plant in 1924.