A LOT of this has to do with sugar tariffs. A lot of our candy has already moved to Canada and Mexico. Most of the real sugar Coca-Cola comes from Mexico. Straight sugar imported to a bottling plant or a candy factory gets a tariff. Bottled coca-Cola or Hershey’s Candy with sugar does NOT.
It must be something like that, it’s not like there’s any direct labor savings to be had, and they’ve got to be picking up enough savings to offset the increased shipping cost to US markets.
Dr. Sivana speaks the truth.
A LOT of this has to do with sugar tariffs.
Sugar wholesales for less than 50 cents/pound. It's far more likely that cheaper labor led to this decision.
We can't blame this on the unions either - they could have easily moved the facilities to a southern right to work state.
“Straight sugar imported to a bottling plant or a candy factory gets a tariff. Bottled coca-Cola or Hershey’s Candy with sugar does NOT.”
Time to restore tariffs to everything imported. During the 19th Century, when the USA went from a weak former colony to become the strongest industrialized economy on the planet, the country maintained high tariffs on imported goods. Free trade to the founders meant the freedom to trade with any nation on the planet, not open markets. Before the early 20th century, the tariff fully funded the activities of the federal government. There was no personal income tax.
I think sugar is better for health than high fructose corn syrup.