The Hershey Company is the leading North American manufacturer of chocolate and non chocolate confectionaries as well as chocolate related products. They produce many well known brands such as Almond Joy, Kit Kat, Twizzlers, and of course the iconic Hershey’s Chocolate.
It all started with a man names Milton Hershey.He owned the Lancaster Caramel Company which in 1894 decided to produce chocolate as a coating to the caramels. They named the business Hershey Chocolate Company. By 1900 they had begun to produce their chocolates in many forms such as bars and in wafers. Due to mass production revolution they were able to take an item that was once considered a luxury reserved only for the wealthy affordable to all.
This was huge success causing them to quickly expand therefore creating new products such as Mr. Goodbar. Hershey’s Kiss were the first addition to the milk chocolate confection in 1907 and began to be wrapped in the silver foil in 1921. Later on in 1968 after acquiring other related companies and even expanding into other food products the company was renamed Hershey Food Corporation. Today it is known around the world exporting to over 90 countries with net sales of 5 billion dollars according to the company. Even after all this they still remain committed to values and vision of the man who started it all.
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