Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam watches as a conveyor belt carries finished M&Ms during a tour Thursday of the Mars chocolate factory in Cleveland, Tenn. Haslam, a self-described M&M afficianado, praised the Mars company’s commitment to the Tennessee factory in a news conference after the tour.Mars in ClevelandOpened: 1977Location: 3500 Peerless Road, Cleveland, Tenn.Products: M&Ms, Twix candiesSize: 650,000 square feetStaff: 550 employees
CLEVELAND, Tenn. – 330 million a day.
That’s how many M&Ms that Mars Inc.’s plant here makes daily in the wake of the completion of its $67 million expansion.
The number is in addition to the 72 tons of Twix the factory can produce in just one 12-hour shift.
“I’m doing my fair share,” joked Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam about eating the Volunteer State-made M&Ms.