Hershey Opens Its Reese Chocolate Processing Plant in Hershey, PA
DELAYED13 months late62% CONFIDENCEStated 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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