370 Mars Wrigley Jobs Could Be Leaving Hackettstown

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — Mars Wrigley is planning on moving 370 jobs from Hackettstown to Newark when their new American headquarters opens later this decade.

The move from their current headquarters in Chicago to Newark is expected to be completed by July 2020, the company announced on Wednesday. Mars Wrigley currently has a facility in Hackettstown, and is planning on shifting 370 positions to Newark. The company previously announced they would move 92 jobs from Chicago to Hackettstown.

By July 2020, the company expects to have 1,000 employees in Hackettstown, and 500 employees in Newark. Patch has reached out to Mars Wrigley for more information on the possible job relocations.

The company said operating a new office in Newark is an opportunity for Mars to return to its roots. More than 75 years ago Mars opened its doors in Newark, when M&M's were first created in 1941 as military rations during World War II.

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Mars Wrigley opened in Hackettstown in 1958 and is a large local presence (the town features M&Ms on the "Welcome to Hackettstown" sign).

"Mars is proud to have a strong legacy and future across both New Jersey and Illinois. Expanding in NewJersey will enable the continued growth of our U.S. business. We are fully committed to working with allof our Associates to support them through this transition," Berta de Pablos Barbier, president of Mars Wrigley Confectionery U.S., said in the release.

With reporting by Tom Davis, Patch Staff

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