USA- American chocolate manufacturer, Hershey, has acquired two popcorn manufacturing plants from Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing to set itself to tap into “increasing” consumer demand for snacks. Hershey made this strategic acquisition to strengthen its SkinnyPop popcorn brand, bought from Amplify Snack for US$1.6bn in 2017 and currently co-manufactured by Pennsylvania Indiana-based Weaver. “Our acquisition of Weaver’s two facilities is a…
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