HERSHEY DENIES SHIFT TO MEXICAN PRODUCTION IS BASED ON COST ALONE
February 1st, 2008
BY CHRIS JONES, in Pennsylvania, USA
HERSHEY, the biggest chocolate manufacturer in the USA, has insisted that the majority of its confectionary will continue to be produced in the US and Canada, despite a restructuring plan that will see some production shift to Mexico.
The company is working through plans to shed more than 1,500 jobs in Canada and the US, as more production shifts to Monterrey in Mexico. Speaking to Confectionary Production, company spokesman Kirk Saville said that Hershey was "making changes to our manufacturing network to ensure that ...
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