Editing The Hershey Company (section)

==Manufacturing plants==
The first plant outside Hershey opened on June 15, 1963, in [[Smiths Falls, Ontario]], and the third opened on May 22, 1965, in [[Oakdale, California]].<ref name="Hershey's.com">[http://www.hersheys.com/discover/oakdale.asp Hershey's.com]. Retrieved March 10, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914164944/http://www.hersheys.com/discover/oakdale.asp |date=September 14, 2008 }}</ref> In February and April 2007, Hershey's announced that the Smiths Falls<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/smiths-falls-will-fight-to-keep-hershey-plant-open-mayor-vows-1.643714 |title=Smiths Falls will fight to keep Hershey plant open, mayor vows |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=February 16, 2007 |access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/hershey-confirms-smiths-falls-plant-will-close-1.643712 |title=Hershey confirms Smiths Falls plant will close |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=February 22, 2007 |access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref> and Oakdale<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kcra.com/news/13227352/detail.html |date=April 30, 2007 |title=Hershey's To Close Oakdale Plant |work=KCRA 3 (NBC) |publisher=Hearst Television, Inc. |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="modbeeclosing">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/MS/lib00329,118E0661B0302E80.html |title=Hershey Closing |newspaper=The Modesto Bee |publisher=McClatchy Corp. |date=May 1, 2007 |access-date=July 20, 2011 |last=Salerno |first=Christina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120170118/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MS&p_theme=ms&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=118E0661B0302E80&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=January 20, 2013 }} [http://christinamariesalerno.com/?p=16 Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426072514/http://christinamariesalerno.com/?p=16 |date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> plants would close in 2008, being replaced in part by a new facility in [[Monterrey|Monterrey, Mexico]]. The Oakdale factory closed on February 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.modbee.com/2008/02/02/199338/employees-get-teary-eyed-as-the.html |title=Employees get teary eyed as the last Reese's roll off Hershey line |date=February 2, 2008 |last=Salerno |first=Christina |newspaper=The Modesto Bee |publisher=McClatchy Corp. |access-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825123300/http://www.modbee.com/2008/02/02/199338/employees-get-teary-eyed-as-the.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hershey chocolate factory in São Roque, Brazil, was opened in August 2002. Hershey's Asia operations were largely supplied by their plant in [[Mandideep]], India.<ref name="auto"/>

Hershey also has plants in [[Stuarts Draft, Virginia]], [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania]], [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[Robinson, Illinois]], and [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara, Mexico]].

Visitors to Hershey can experience [[Hershey's Chocolate World]] visitors center and its simulated tour ride. Public tours were once operated in the Pennsylvania and California factories, which ended in Pennsylvania in 1973 as soon as Hershey's Chocolate World opened,<ref name="HCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.hersheyarchives.org/resources/search-results.aspx?Type=Search&Text=Hershey%27s+Chocolate+World |title=Hershey Community Archives |publisher=Hersheyarchives.org |date=July 20, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120162121/http://www.hersheyarchives.org/resources/search-results.aspx?Type=Search&Text=Hershey%27s+Chocolate+World |url-status=dead}}</ref> and later in California following the September 11, 2001, attacks, due to security concerns.<ref name="modbeeclosing"/>

On September 18, 2012, Hershey opened a new and expanded West Hershey plant. The plant was completed at a budget of $300 million.<ref name="LDN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ldnews.com/announcements/ci_21575380/hershey-unveils-expanded-west-plant |title=Hershey unveils expanded West plant |work=Lebanon Daily News |date=September 18, 2012 |access-date=September 26, 2012 |archive-date=November 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119014601/http://www.ldnews.com/announcements/ci_21575380/hershey-unveils-expanded-west-plant |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On March 9, 2018, Hershey broke ground to expand its [[Kit Kat]] manufacturing facility in [[Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Hazle Township, Pennsylvania]]. The expansion project has a $60 million budget and is expected to create an additional 111 jobs at the facility.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timesleader.com/news/695715/hershey-breaks-ground-on-60m-kit-kat-production-line |title=Hershey breaks ground on $60M Kit Kat production line |last=O'Boyle |first=Bill |date=March 9, 2018 |work=Times Leader |access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref>

On August 17, 2023, it was announced that Hershey repurchased their plant in Smiths Falls, Ontario for $53 million. The plant was previously owned by cannabis company [[Canopy Growth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allan |first=Michelle |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Canopy Growth to sell Smiths Falls HQ back to Hershey |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canopy-growth-to-sell-smiths-falls-hq-back-to-hershey-1.6938333 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=CBC.ca}}</ref>