<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A massive new snack distribution centre in Melbourne's west is being hailed as a big vote of confidence in Victoria, with the Allan government declaring the $130 million facility shows it's the food and beverage capital of Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Standing at twice the size of the MCG, the new distribution centre for Mondelez Australia – the parent company of Cadbury – has opened in Truganina, in Melbourne's west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We'll be moving 4 million blocks of chocolate through this distribution centre every week, for 52 weeks a year," Mondelez Australia chief executive Toby Smith said. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/clinical-trial-potential-baldness-treatment/d01db7d5-fcb5-4f50-8df7-7f1bf3ed2622"><strong><span>New trial hopes to make baldness 'perfectly optional'</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The facility uses robotic cranes and conveyor systems for automated handling, as well as 200 staff.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan officially opened the distribution centre. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This investment sends a clear message that Melbourne, Victoria is open for business," she said. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/massive-chocolate-distribution-centre-melbourne-cadbury/3e5755cd-51b4-4a73-afa4-616542096145" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That our state is the best place in the nation to invest," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All 450 million Easter eggs made by Cadbury that Australians eat each year will pass through the Truganina facility between now and April.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Remember, if anyone asks you, where does the Easter bunny live, Truganina is the answer," Industry Minister Danny Pearson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Allan's own personal favourite Cadbury offering is a little different.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's slightly controversial. It's Turkish Delight," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>

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