Nestle closes century-old candy manufacturing factory

YORK, U.K. Nestle has closed production of KitKat bars at its more than 100-year-old York factory and sold off the buildings, reports from the U.K. today said. The 19th century brick buildings at the southern end of the factory grounds will be converted for mixed use as offices and residential apartments.

Production of Aero, KitKar, York and other candy bars was moved to a more modern facility, local presses reported. At present, only Aero Bubbles bars remain in production at the plant.

The move comes after a production overhaul which has lasted about three years and shifted hundreds of jobs, including the production of Nestle’s popular Smarties candies, overseas.