HERSHEY EXPANDING BOTH LOCALLY AND ABROAD

The Hershey Company is expanding its operation in Mexico.  The Derry Township-based company is spending 90-million dollars to open two new production lines at its plant in the country.  The expansion is forecast to increase capacity by 25-percent.  Meanwhile, the Hershey Company is building a roughly 250-thousand square-foot manufacturing plant in Derry Township on the former Friendly’s property at one-thousand Reese Avenue.