What's Happening in Burlington, WI…

The Burlington Nestlé USA plant, which currently produces a variety of candy bars, will overhaul its facility for the production of cookie dough.

Nestlé plans to spend $70m to rework its Burlington facility for the switch from the company’s signature Nestlé Crunch bars, 100 Grand bars, and other candy bars to production of its Nestlé Toll House brand refrigerated cookie dough. The plant's production of chocolate chip morsels will remain unchanged.

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Nestlé divested itself of its U.S. confectionary business in 2018, for which it received $2.8bn, and although there was no immediate effect on the plant’s workforce, the factory was expecting to eliminate positions this summer as a result.

According to Patrick Miner, Nestlé’s Burlington plant manager, workers are enthusiastic over the new product line, which represents the biggest change to the facility in its 55-year history. The production of cookies dough products, which have proven popular with consumers, will give the plant a new lease of life and provide job security for workers, he adds.

The inaugural batches of Nestlé Toll House cookie dough will make their way through the production lines at 637 S. Pine Street next spring or summer. Nestlé’s decision to overhaul the plant means the city’s slogan of “Chocolate City U.S.A” will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.