Once complete, the expansion will add nearly 100 local jobs and bring the facility to a total of 67,000 sq. ft. of warehousing and packaging space.

Ferrero North America, manufacturer of cocoa hazelnut spread Nutella, will open its first restaurant in Chicago later this month.

Eight major candy manufacturers have committed to reducing calories in their individually-wrapped products and updating front-of-pack nutrition labels as part of an ongoing effort to offer consumers greater choice and transparency.

But a week later, 1-800-Flowers.com, Fannie May’s New York-based parent company, announced it would sell the brand -- along with the Harry London brand, an Ohio manufacturing facility, two warehouses and 79 retail stores -- to Ferrero International for $115 million.