CHICAGO — Mars Wrigley has introduced plans to shutter a virtually 100-year-old chocolate plant in Chicago. Manufacturing on the facility might be phased out over the subsequent two years, the corporate stated.
Roughly 280 workers might be affected by the closing of the plant, which makes M&M’s, Twix, Snickers, Milky Approach and Skittles candies.
“The corporate stays dedicated to the town of Chicago and intends to companion with the encompassing neighborhood on a future imaginative and prescient for the location,” the corporate stated. “As we repeatedly consider our footprint throughout North America, our associates have been knowledgeable of the choice to maneuver the vast majority of operations to different services within the US over the subsequent two years.”
Supply: Meals Enterprise
