Food09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ferrara Picks Orangeburg, SC for $675M Candy Plant and 1,000 Jobs
Rowesville Road, Orangeburg County, South Carolina 29115, United StatesFerrero
Starts 04/22/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE155 days agoThe governor's release is dated April 22, 2026 and says Ferrara^[4] 'today announced plans to establish its first South Carolina operation in Orangeburg County'.
Ferrara Candy Company, maker of Nerds and Trolli, will build a 750,000 sq ft plant in Orangeburg County, its first in South Carolina, investing $675 million and creating 1,000 jobs over 10 years.
$675M
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Hershey Opens Its Reese Chocolate Processing Plant in Hershey, PA
Hershey…Reese Avenue, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 04/16/2025DELAYED13 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.
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Food09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ferrero Starts World's First Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Squares Line
Ferrero Boulevard, Brantford, Ontario N3T 5L7, CanadaFerrero
Starts 10/23/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE336 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.
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ferrero Opens Its First North American Chocolate Factory in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
Starts 05/07/2024 4:38PMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE2.4 years agoThe release stamped May 07, 2024, 12:38 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its first chocolate processing facility in North America and third globally'.^[1]
A 70,000 sq ft, $75 million chocolate processing plant on Ferrero's Bloomington, Illinois campus, the group's third chocolate factory worldwide and its first outside Europe, making chocolate for Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, Butterfinger and Crunch.
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Ferrero Breaks Ground on $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
Starts 11/02/2022 4:37PMCONFIRMED 90% 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.
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Ferrero Opens $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington, Illinois
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
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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.
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Ferrero Unveils Its First Ferrero Rocher and Raffaello Ice Creams
FerreroFerrero International S.A., 16 Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, Niederanven 2633, Luxembourg
Starts 03/22/2021CONFIRMED 85% 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.
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Labour09/24/2026@EconDesk
Nestlé Hands Its Diósgyőr Chocolate Factory to Vimpex
Negyedik utca, Vasgyári újtelep, Újdiósgyőr, Miskolc, Miskolci járás, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, North Hungary, Great Plain and North, 3533, HungaryNestlé
Starts 01/01/2027SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysGiven as scheduled: Nestlé Hungária's release of 11 September 2026 says "2027. január 1-jétől a Vimpex cégcsoport ... folytatja tovább az édességgyártást a diósgyőri üzemben" (from 1 January 2027 the Vimpex group continues confectionery production at the Diósgyőr plant), Nestlé having said it ends production there in December 2026.^[1]
Nestlé stops making hollow chocolate figures at its 220-worker Diósgyőr plant in Miskolc at the end of 2026, and Hungarian food wholesaler Vimpex takes the factory over from 1 January 2027, keeping at least a third of the staff.
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Wolfgang Puck Opens the First Spago on the Sunset Strip
SpagoNorth Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA 90210, United States
Starts 12/31/1982ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCE43.7 years agoWikipedia^[1] gives the year only - "The first Spago location opened in 1982, on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood" - so the pin takes that year's last day. The place is the present Beverly Hills room, not the Sunset Strip original.
The first Spago opened in 1982 on the Sunset Strip and made Wolfgang Puck a name outside kitchens, largely by putting the wood-fired pizza oven where the dining room could see it and topping the pizzas with smoked salmon rather than tomato. The restaurant later moved to Beverly Hills, where it still trades, and the brand grew into a group.
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Ferrero Opens $75M Nutella Peanut Line at Franklin Park, Illinois
Ferrero Franklin Park Plant, O'Hare West Bypass, Franklin Park, Illinois 60132, United StatesFerrero
Starts 04/24/2026 8:53PMCONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE153 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.
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Taquería Elemi Opens in El Paso
7729, Paseo del Norte, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, 79912, United StatesElemi
Starts 01/31/2026ESTIMATED 90% CONFIDENCE236 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as January 2026, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]
Emiliano and Kristal Marentes, owners of the acclaimed Elemi, open a strip-mall taquería in El Paso.
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Automotive09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Pierce Manufacturing Launches Phase I of Its High Flow Production Line
2600 American Drive, Appleton, WI, USAPierce Manufacturing
Starts 03/25/2026CONFIRMED 77% CONFIDENCE183 days agoFire Engineering's^[3] industry-news report dates Pierce Manufacturing's Phase I High Flow production line launch at its Appleton campus to March 25, 2026.
Pierce Manufacturing brought Phase I of its redesigned High Flow custom chassis production line online at its Appleton, Wisconsin campus, cutting chassis lead times by more than three months. The line is part of a $150 million-plus modernization of Pierce's Wisconsin, Florida, and Tennessee plants.
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Ferrara^[1]: 'The first production lines are expected to begin operations in the first quarter of 2029, with the full facility opening later that year' - pinned to the quarter's last day.

Start: Mar 31, 202950% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Ferrara's Orangeburg Candy Plant Starts First Production Lines

The first production lines of Ferrara Candy Company's $675 million, 750,000 sq ft plant in Orangeburg County, South Carolina are due to start in the first quarter of 2029, with the full facility opening later that year.

Ferrara expects the first production lines at its new Orangeburg County, South Carolina plant to begin operating in the first quarter of 2029, with the full facility opening later that year^[1][3].
The $675 million, 750,000 sq ft facility will include production and packaging, warehouse space and administrative offices^[1][3].
Ferrara broke ground with Governor Henry McMaster, Congressman Jim Clyburn and Commerce Secretary Harry Lightsey^[1].
The site is to create more than 1,000 manufacturing and corporate jobs over the next decade and adds the Southeast to a network of more than 30 Ferrara facilities^[1][2].

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ferrara.com/us/en/ferrara-candy-company-breaks-ground-new-manufacturing-facility-orangeburg-south-carolina
ferrara.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Mar 31, 2029 ✓· 46% of score
Ferrara: 'The first production lines are expected to begin operations in the first quarter of 2029, with the full facility opening later that year' - pinned to the quarter's last day.
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Ferrara Candy Company breaks ground in Orangeburg
wrdw.com· Published May 20, 2026· 28% of score
Local TV: Ferrara^[1] broke ground that week; company and state officials expect the first lines to be operational in early 2029; 1,000 jobs over a decade.
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Ferrara Candy Company selects Orangeburg County for first South Carolina operation
governor.sc.gov· Published Apr 22, 2026· 25% of score
The state's announcement: 'The first production lines in the new facility are expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2029.'^[1]

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Food09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ferrara Picks Orangeburg, SC for $675M Candy Plant and 1,000 Jobs
Rowesville Road, Orangeburg County, South Carolina 29115, United StatesFerrero
Starts 04/22/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE155 days agoThe governor's release is dated April 22, 2026 and says Ferrara^[4] 'today announced plans to establish its first South Carolina operation in Orangeburg County'.
Ferrara Candy Company, maker of Nerds and Trolli, will build a 750,000 sq ft plant in Orangeburg County, its first in South Carolina, investing $675 million and creating 1,000 jobs over 10 years.
$675M
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Hershey Opens Its Reese Chocolate Processing Plant in Hershey, PA
Hershey…Reese Avenue, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 04/16/2025DELAYED13 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.
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Ferrero Starts World's First Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Squares Line
Ferrero Boulevard, Brantford, Ontario N3T 5L7, CanadaFerrero
Starts 10/23/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE336 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.
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ferrero Opens Its First North American Chocolate Factory in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
Starts 05/07/2024 4:38PMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE2.4 years agoThe release stamped May 07, 2024, 12:38 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its first chocolate processing facility in North America and third globally'.^[1]
A 70,000 sq ft, $75 million chocolate processing plant on Ferrero's Bloomington, Illinois campus, the group's third chocolate factory worldwide and its first outside Europe, making chocolate for Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, Butterfinger and Crunch.
$75M
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ferrero Breaks Ground on $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
Starts 11/02/2022 4:37PMCONFIRMED 90% 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.
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Ferrero Opens $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington, Illinois
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
Starts 09/30/2024 5:01PMCONFIRMED 90% 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.
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Ferrero Unveils Its First Ferrero Rocher and Raffaello Ice Creams
FerreroFerrero International S.A., 16 Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, Niederanven 2633, Luxembourg
Starts 03/22/2021CONFIRMED 85% 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.
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Labour09/24/2026@EconDesk
Nestlé Hands Its Diósgyőr Chocolate Factory to Vimpex
Negyedik utca, Vasgyári újtelep, Újdiósgyőr, Miskolc, Miskolci járás, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, North Hungary, Great Plain and North, 3533, HungaryNestlé
Starts 01/01/2027SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysGiven as scheduled: Nestlé Hungária's release of 11 September 2026 says "2027. január 1-jétől a Vimpex cégcsoport ... folytatja tovább az édességgyártást a diósgyőri üzemben" (from 1 January 2027 the Vimpex group continues confectionery production at the Diósgyőr plant), Nestlé having said it ends production there in December 2026.^[1]
Nestlé stops making hollow chocolate figures at its 220-worker Diósgyőr plant in Miskolc at the end of 2026, and Hungarian food wholesaler Vimpex takes the factory over from 1 January 2027, keeping at least a third of the staff.
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Wolfgang Puck Opens the First Spago on the Sunset Strip
SpagoNorth Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA 90210, United States
Starts 12/31/1982ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCE43.7 years agoWikipedia^[1] gives the year only - "The first Spago location opened in 1982, on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood" - so the pin takes that year's last day. The place is the present Beverly Hills room, not the Sunset Strip original.
The first Spago opened in 1982 on the Sunset Strip and made Wolfgang Puck a name outside kitchens, largely by putting the wood-fired pizza oven where the dining room could see it and topping the pizzas with smoked salmon rather than tomato. The restaurant later moved to Beverly Hills, where it still trades, and the brand grew into a group.
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Ferrero Opens $75M Nutella Peanut Line at Franklin Park, Illinois
Ferrero Franklin Park Plant, O'Hare West Bypass, Franklin Park, Illinois 60132, United StatesFerrero
Starts 04/24/2026 8:53PMCONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE153 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.
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Taquería Elemi Opens in El Paso
7729, Paseo del Norte, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, 79912, United StatesElemi
Starts 01/31/2026ESTIMATED 90% CONFIDENCE236 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as January 2026, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]
Emiliano and Kristal Marentes, owners of the acclaimed Elemi, open a strip-mall taquería in El Paso.
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Pierce Manufacturing Launches Phase I of Its High Flow Production Line
2600 American Drive, Appleton, WI, USAPierce Manufacturing
Starts 03/25/2026CONFIRMED 77% CONFIDENCE183 days agoFire Engineering's^[3] industry-news report dates Pierce Manufacturing's Phase I High Flow production line launch at its Appleton campus to March 25, 2026.
Pierce Manufacturing brought Phase I of its redesigned High Flow custom chassis production line online at its Appleton, Wisconsin campus, cutting chassis lead times by more than three months. The line is part of a $150 million-plus modernization of Pierce's Wisconsin, Florida, and Tennessee plants.
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