Butterfinger: upcoming dates

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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 4:38PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.4 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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• Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk

  Ferrara Launches the 'Better Butterfinger' With a New Recipe

  Old Chicago Post Office, 404 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United StatesFerrero

  

  Starts 02/11/2019 1:01PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better7.6 years agoPR Newswire^[1], Feb 11, 2019, 08:01 ET: "The Butterfinger brand today launched the national 'Better Butterfinger' campaign" and "The better Butterfinger is available now".

  Ferrero's US candy unit Ferrara puts a reworked Butterfinger on shelves nationwide, with in-house roasted US peanuts and a richer coating, backed by a national TV campaign.

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• Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk

  Ferrero Agrees to Buy Nestlé's US Candy Business for $2.8 Billion

  Ferrero International S.A., 16 Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, Niederanven, 2633, LuxembourgFerrero

  

  Starts 01/16/2018CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better8.7 years agoFerrero's^[1] release is dated "Tue, 01/16/2018" and says Ferrero "today announced a definitive agreement" to buy the business; no time is given.

  Ferrero agreed to pay $2.8 billion in cash for Nestlé's US confectionery arm, over 20 brands including Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Crunch, Nerds and SweeTarts, making it the third-largest US confectionery company.

  $2.8B

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