The Hershey Co. will invest $104 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Augusta County.
The 111,000-square-foot expansion is expected to add 65 jobs to the candy company’s Virginia payroll.
Hershey now employs more than 1,000 people in the commonwealth, with the majority of them working at the Stuarts Draft manufacturing facility in Augusta.
The expanded plant will make penuche and peanut cream, which will be distributed to other Hershey facilities on the East Coast.
Gov. Ralph Northam approved a $600,000 grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist Augusta with the project.
