Ferrero to open first manufacturing facility outside Europe in Illinois
Expansion will add 70,000 sq. ft., 50 jobs to Bloomington, Illinois facility.
Ferrero North America, part of the global confectionery company Ferrero Group, has announced plans to build a new chocolate manufacturing center in Bloomington, Illinois, its first chocolate production plant in North America.
The new manufacturing center will be an expansion of Ferrero’s Bloomington facility and will allow the company to produce chocolate for Crunch,100Grand, SnoCaps, Raisinets, Goobers, Ferrero Rocher and other Ferrero products made in North America. The $75 million expansion, which will add 70,000 sq. ft. to Ferrero’s current 2501 Beich Road footprint, is projected to start construction by Spring 2021. It is anticipated to create approximately 50 local jobs.