Hershey expanding Virginia facility

Will invest $104 million on project

May 10, 2019
The Hershey Company logo
The Hershey Company logo

The Hershey Company is spending $104 million on a 111,000-sq-ft expansion of its Augusta County, VA facility to increase its production capabilities. The expanded facility, which will create 65 new jobs, will manufacture penuche and peanut cream that will be distributed to other Hershey facilities on the East Coast.

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