Blommer Chocolate closing Chicago factory, cutting 250 jobs
- Blommer Chocolate closing its Chicago factory at 600 W. Kinzie St. at end of May, cutting 250 jobs
- Factory opened in 1939, is company's original manufacturing plant
- Keeping HQ, lab, opening new R&D center at Merchandise Mart in 2024
- Investing $100M over next years in 3 other facilities (PA, CA, Ontario)
- Citing high costs and reliability issues with aging Chicago facility
