 More sweet jobs are coming to Orange County. John Champion explains. Morinaga American Foods will expand their current operations and invest more than $100 million and create more than 200 jobs in Mebane. The announcement from Governor Roy Cooper Tuesday. The company opened the Mebane plant in 2015, and its signature product is the fruity candy Hi-Chew. Since the governor's trade mission to Japan in 2023, North Carolina has seen more than 4,300 new jobs announced from Japanese companies, including Toyota and Fuji Diosense. I'm John Champion.