Blommer Chocolate’s downtown Chicago factory to close

Blommer Chocolate is closing its downtown Chicago factory following plummeting sales and increased maintenance and repair costs for the 85-year-old building, the company announced Friday. Built in … ... Read More

Blommer to Close Chicago Chocolate Factory After 85 Years

The Kinzie plant that produced chocolate smells to downtown, River West, and surrounding areas, is closing after 85 years. Read More

Blommer Chocolate Co. News & Articles | Crain's Chicago Business

Blommer laying off more than 200 workers with plant closure Days after announcing the closure of its Chicago facility, the chocolate maker reports it will cut hundreds of jobs here later this year. Read More

Blommer Chocolate laying off more than 200 workers in Chicago with ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- More than 200 workers at the Blommer Chocolate Company manufacturing plant in the Fulton River District will be laid off when the plant is shut down beginning at the end of May. Read More

Blommer closing Chicago chocolate factory - Crain's Chicago Business

Blommer Chocolate is shutting down its Chicago factory after an 85-year run near the heart of downtown. The chocolate supplier today announced it will close its manufacturing plant at 600 W ... Read More

Editorial: Blommer chocolate plant closure is worrying - Chicago Tribune

Since the news that the Blommer Chocolate Co. factory in Chicago will close after 85 years, Chicagoans have been getting a head start on waxing nostalgic about the sweet smells wafting through ... Read More

Blommer Chocolate Company closing Chicago manufacturing plant - CBS News

Blommer Chocolate to close down Chicago factory CHICAGO (CBS) -- For decades, people who live, work, or travel in the Fulton River District have enjoyed the delightful chocolate smell generated by ... Read More

Chicago chocolate factory to close after almost a century of operation

Japanese food processing company Fuji Oil Holdings acquired Blommer in 2018 for $750 million, calling the aging Chicago factory's life expectancy into question. The announcement of the plant's closure ... Read More

Blommer Chocolate to close Chicago factory

Blommer will move its headquarters and a research and development center to the Merchandise Mart, and plans to invest $100 million in its chocolate production facilities elsewhere. Read More

Blommer Chocolate Company to close Chicago factory after 85 years

Blommer Chocolate Company, the largest cocoa processor in North America, is closing its Chicago factory after more than eight decades. Read More

Downtown Chicago chocolate factory to close

Blommer Chocolate is closing its downtown Chicago factory following plummeting sales and increased maintenance and repair costs for the 85-year-old building, the company announced Friday. Read More