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05-01-2007, 07:46 AM
Hershey's To Close Oakdale Plant
Up To 600 Jobs Will Be Lost
POSTED: 4:21 pm PDT April 30, 2007
UPDATED: 6:15 pm PDT April 30, 2007
OAKDALE, Calif. -- The Hershey's chocolate plant in Oakdale will be shut down, officials said Monday.
The closure, which will take place in phases and will mean the loss of up to 600 jobs, is set to be complete by February 2008.
The plant is a key part of life for many in this Stanislaus County town of 17,500. The community hosts a chocolate festival on the third weekend in May each year.
The first products to cease production at the Oakdale plant will be Hershey's kisses with almonds and Hershey's syrup. Both product lines will be transferred to the Hershey's plant in Pennsylvania.
The Hershey's miniatures now made in Oakdale will be made at a plant Hershey's plans to build in Mexico.
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Up To 600 Jobs Will Be Lost
POSTED: 4:21 pm PDT April 30, 2007
UPDATED: 6:15 pm PDT April 30, 2007
OAKDALE, Calif. -- The Hershey's chocolate plant in Oakdale will be shut down, officials said Monday.
The closure, which will take place in phases and will mean the loss of up to 600 jobs, is set to be complete by February 2008.
The plant is a key part of life for many in this Stanislaus County town of 17,500. The community hosts a chocolate festival on the third weekend in May each year.
The first products to cease production at the Oakdale plant will be Hershey's kisses with almonds and Hershey's syrup. Both product lines will be transferred to the Hershey's plant in Pennsylvania.
The Hershey's miniatures now made in Oakdale will be made at a plant Hershey's plans to build in Mexico.
http://www.kcra.com/2007/0501/13227928.jpg
http://www.kcra.com/news/13227352/detail.html#
