Dive Brief:
- Jelly Belly Candy Co. is moving its distribution center from Pleasant Prairie, WI, to Tennessee, and is looking to sell the Wisconsin facility.
- No official timeline has been announced as of yet. The facility's 25 warehouse employees and some part-time store workers learned of this news early this week.
- Spokeswoman Jana Sanders Perry told Milwaukee Business Journal, “Our public warehouse tours remain open per usual, and we have a full schedule of activities planned for the summer.”
Dive Insight:
The news is a sign of more changes for the candy company — Food Dive recently reported Jelly Belly appointed its new CEO, Lisa Rowland Brasher, a fifth-generation descendant of the company's founder. Also, the move follows another planned shift for a production facility in North Chicago to California, where the company is headquartered, announced in August.