Ferrero breaks ground on new chocolate processing facility in Bloomington, Illinois, its first ever in North America
o. The new facility is an expansion of Ferrero's existing Bloomington manufacturing center and will produce chocolate for Crunch, 100Grand, Raisinets, and other Ferrero products for the North American market. The $75M project will add 70,000 square feet to Ferrero's current Beich Road footprint and add as many as 50 new jobs. Annually, Ferrero currently spends nearly $300 million in Illinois, supporting over 1,300 employees and 560 suppliers. “The ability to process high quality chocolate here in North America is ...