Hawaiian Host has entered into an agreement to buy the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp from Hershey for an undisclosed sum.

Mauna Loa is a macadamia nut grower that has the capacity to produce around 40m pounds of macadamias annually. It will operate as a stand-alone subsidiary, the company said yesterday (14 January). No changes to staffing levels are planned.

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The deal is expected to be finalised in the first quarter of 2015.

Hawaiian Host produces chocolate covered macadamia nuts.

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