Mars Chocolate North America says it will invest an additional $100 million into its Topeka, KS site, breaking ground on a new state-of-the-art 90,000-square-foot facility that will create 70 new full-time jobs.
A $27 million expansion to North Dakota’s state-owned flour mill needed to meet demand will make the facility the largest wheat-grinding factory in the US, a company executive told the Associated Press.
While Europe has a storied history of brewing, Stone Brewing Co., the 10th largest craft brewer in the US, is expanding operations to Berlin to become the first American craft brewer to independently own and operate a brewery in Europe.