Mondelez Division Relocating To Indiana

Enjoy Life Foods, an allergen-free subsidiary of snacks giant Mondelez, plans to shutter its Chicago-area plant later this year in favor of a new facility in Indiana.

Enjoy Life officials said that the company outgrew its current location in Schiller Park, Illinois, which will be closed in the third quarter of this year.

Between 125 and 150 employees work at the current plant, while the new plant in Jeffersonville — across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky — will employ between 100 and 150. Officials said all current employees were given the option of moving south to the new plant, which is set to open in the second quarter of the year.

“This new plant will improve overall manufacturing efficiency while providing the space for us to accelerate growth and bring our delicious allergy-friendly and gluten-free snacks to even more people,” said founder and CEO Scott Mandell.

Mondelez, which is downsizing another plant in Chicago, bought 15-year-old Enjoy Life early last year.