California Hershey Plant to Close

I was sorry to read today that the Hershey plant up north in Oakdale, California, is being shut down and relocated to Monterrey, Mexico.

575 Hershey employees will lose their jobs.

I toured the plant twice, most recently in 1997. It was fascinating watching the big vats of chocolate being "conched" and the assembly line turning chocolate into Hershey's Kisses.

Unfortunately, after 9/11 they stopped giving public tours, although they have maintained a Visitors Center.