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Ferrara Candy to add 500 employees at new distribution site

February 13, 2020

Ferrara Candy is constructing a distribution complex in DeKalb, Illinois, which will employ 500 people by spring, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

The company is investing more than $100 million in the project, which will be its largest industrial employer, said Bill Nicklas, city manager.

Ferrara has been growing since Italy-based Ferrero Group, its parent company, acquired Kellogg's cookie business in 2019 and Nestle's U.S. confectionery business in 2018.