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Ferrero Starts World's First Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Squares Line
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE337 days agoBrantBeacon[1]: 'Ferrero Canada celebrated the launch of its new Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Squares production line on Thursday, October 23, 2025.'Ferrero Canada started the world's first production line for Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares at its Brantford, Ontario plant, part of its C$445 million expansion there.0.79Ferrero Opens $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington, Illinois
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoThe release stamped Sep 30, 2024, 13:01 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its new Kinder Bueno production facility in Bloomington, Illinois'.[1]Ferrero North America opened a 169,000 sq ft Kinder Bueno factory on its Bloomington, Illinois campus, a $214 million investment creating about 200 jobs and making Kinder Bueno in the US for the first time.$214M0.79Ferrero Breaks Ground on $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoThe release stamped Nov 02, 2022, 12:37 ET says Ferrero North America 'today broke ground on its new Kinder Bueno production facility in Bloomington, Illinois'.[1]Ferrero North America broke ground on a 169,000 sq ft Kinder Bueno factory on its Bloomington, Illinois campus, a $214.4 million project adding 200 jobs and the first Kinder production in North America.$214.4M0.77Ferrero Opens $75M Nutella Peanut Line at Franklin Park, Illinois
Ferrero Franklin Park Plant, O'Hare West Bypass, Franklin Park, Illinois 60132, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE154 days agoThe release stamped Apr 24, 2026, 16:53 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its new Nutella Peanut production line in Franklin Park, Illinois'.[1]Ferrero North America opened a $75 million Nutella Peanut production line at its Franklin Park, Illinois plant, creating 50 jobs and making the brand's first new flavor and its first product manufactured in the United States.$75M0.74Ferrero Opens Chicago Innovation Center in Marshall Field Building
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.0 years agoThe release stamped Sep 19, 2023, 16:17 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its new Innovation Center and North America R&D Labs in Chicago'.[1]Ferrero North America opened a 45,000 sq ft Innovation Center and R&D Labs in Chicago's historic Marshall Field and Company Building, bringing together more than 150 staff working on Keebler, Famous Amos, Mother's and Fannie May.0.73Ferrero Announces C$445M Expansion of Its Brantford, Ontario Plant
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoThe Invest Ontario[1] release is datelined 'BRANTFORD, Ontario, April 11, 2025' and announces the expansion that day.Ferrero Canada will spend C$445 million expanding its Brantford plant, adding 500 jobs and the first lines anywhere for new Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares, plus Nutella Biscuits made outside Europe for the first time.C$445M0.71Ferrero Is Founded in Alba, Italy
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE80.4 years agoFerrero's[1][2] Italian history page: "Il 14 maggio 1946 nasce ufficialmente l'industria Ferrero"; La Stampa[3] gives the same day for the firm's registration.Pietro Ferrero's firm is officially born in Alba, Piedmont, on 14 May 1946, months after his cheap hazelnut paste Giandujot became a hit in post-war Italy.0.70Ferrero Agrees to Buy Brazilian Protein-Bar Maker Bold Snacks
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE191 days agoFerrero's[1][2] release is timed "Wed, 03/18/2026 16.30" (CET) and says Ferrero "has signed an agreement to acquire Bold Snacks".Ferrero signed to buy Bold Snacks, a Brazilian protein-bar and whey brand founded in 2018, with its office and factory in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais and about 300 staff - its first better-for-you business in South America.0.69Ferrero Agrees to Buy Blue Bunny Maker Wells Enterprises
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.8 years agoThe release's PR Newswire[3] copy is stamped "Dec 07, 2022, 11:30 ET"; Wells' copy is datelined "Luxembourg / Iowa - December 7th, 2022".Ferrero agreed to buy Wells Enterprises of Le Mars, Iowa, the largest family-owned US ice cream maker, with Blue Bunny, Blue Ribbon Classics, Bomb Pop and Halo Top and plants in Iowa, Nevada and New York.0.68Hershey Opens Its Reese Chocolate Processing Plant in Hershey, PA
DELAYED13 months late62% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoStated as firm in the Governor's release dated "April 16, 2025": "Today, Governor Josh Shapiro joined Michele Buck, President and CEO of The Hershey Company[2] ... to open the new state-of-the-art Reese Chocolate Processing (RCP) facility"; Food Business News[4] confirms the ribbon-cutting "on Hershey's campus on April 16".Hershey's first new factory in its hometown in more than 30 years, a 250,000-square-foot plant that makes the chocolate for Reese's, Kit Kat, Symphony and Special Dark, opened with Governor Josh Shapiro. It is Hershey's first fully integrated digital plant and brings more than 125 jobs.0.68Ferrero Invests $86M to Expand Its San José Iturbide Plant in Mexico
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE66 days agoThe Guanajuato government bulletin is datelined 'San José Iturbide, Gto. 21 de julio de 2026' and reports the governor leading 'la ceremonia del anuncio' of the $86 million investment.[1]Ferrero announced an $86 million expansion of its San José Iturbide plant in Guanajuato, strengthening Nutella and chocolate production, storage and a new high-voltage power supply to lift exports to North America.$86M0.68Ferrero Unveils Its First Ferrero Rocher and Raffaello Ice Creams
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE5.5 years agoFerrero's[1][2][4] release, dated 22 March 2021: "Ferrero unveiled its first-ever Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Rocher Dark and Raffaello ice cream sticks".Ferrero enters ice cream with Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Rocher Dark and Raffaello sticks, made in Alzira, Spain, and launched first in five European countries in 2021.0.66
