This 67-page report documents all geographically-variable operating costs scaled to a representative confectionery plant in a series of 43 U.S., Canadian and Mexican locations. This BizCosts® Report also factors in structural cost differentials in the price of key confectionery ingredient: sugar, in the protected U.S. market versus production alternatives in Mexico and Canada. Comparative cities include those housing manufacturing operations of global producers such as Cadbury, Mars-Wrigley, Hershey and Nestle as well as numerous regional U.S. candy companies and private label contract manufacturers in sectors such as candy bars, candy novelties, chewing gum, mints, jelly beans, marshmallows, non-pharmaceutical lozenges and others. Geographically-variable operating cost differentials in the BizCosts® Report are current for 2010/2011.

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