Hershey opens new chocolate plant as part of $1B supply chain upgrade

Hershey opens new chocolate plant as part of $1B supply chain upgrade

The facility, which took nearly three years to complete, will process the ingredient for brands such as Reese’s and Kit Kat.

Hershey Opens New Digital Manufacturing Facility

The Hershey Co. has opened its new Reese’s chocolate processing facility in Hershey, Pa. On April 16, Josh Shapiro, governor of Pennsylvania, joined Michele Buck, Hershy Co. chief executive officer, in the ribbon cutting ceremony at the company’s first fully integrated digital manufacturing plant on Hershey’s campus. The new 22,500 square-metres chocolate processing facility will produce the chocolate used in various Hershey brands including, Re…