A Tale of Chocolate: The Hershey Company


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A Tale of ChocolateThe Hershey Company

• Nikita L. Turnbull
• CIS 55-11
• September 282006

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The Man Behind the CompanyMilton S.
Hershey1857-1945

• Candy Maker Entrepreneur Philanthropist
• Two failed candy businesses
• Found success with the Lancaster Caramel Company
• Fell in love with the art of chocolate making at
  the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago
• Founded the Hershey Chocolate Corporation
• Made chocolate once a luxury for the rich
  available to the masses

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About The Hershey Company

• Originally Hershey Chocolate Corporation then
  Hershey Foods Corporation
• Founded on October 24 1927 as a successor to
  the Lancaster Caramel Corporation
• A leading snack food company
• The largest North American manufacturer of
  quality chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery
  and grocery products
• Exports to over 90 countries
• More than 13000 employees
• worldwide
• Revenues of over 4 billion

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Mission Statement

• Undisputed Marketplace Leadership
• Top-tier value creation driven by superior
  performance across the business system
• Organizational capabilities and passion that
  compete in the present and build for the future
• Commitment to enabling and encouraging balanced
  healthy lives
• Portfolio of brands that- Delights consumer
  across multiple segments- Delivers superior
  growth and profitability to retailers- Is
  available everywhere
• Ability to transform consumer and customer
  desires to marketplace wins

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Corporate Philosophy

• In seeking to balance our desire for profitable
  growth with the obligations which we have to
  various other constituencies we shall strive
  to
• Protect and enhance the corporations high level
  of ethics and conduct.
• Maintain a strong people orientation and
  demonstrate care for every employee.
• Attract and hold customers and consumers with
  products and services of consistently superior
  quality and value.
• Sustain a strong results orientation coupled with
  a prudent approach to business.

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Hershey Executive Team
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Brands and Product Lines

• HERSHEYS
• REESES
• KIT KAT
• KISSES
• TWIZZLERS
• JOLLY RANCHER
• ICE BREAKERS
• Snacks
• HERSHEYS SOLUTION CENTER

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Two-Year Stock Chart
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Experience Hershey

• Visit
• Hershey PA The Sweetest Place on Earth
• Hersheys Chocolate Wold
• ZooAmerica
• Hershey Museum
• Hershey Park
• Much more
• Hersheys Time Square New York
• Hersheys Chicago Illinois
• Hersheys Oakdale California
• Hershey Smiths Falls Ontario Canada

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Fun Facts
WOW

• In 1900 Hersheys milk chocolate bars
• were introduced and sold for just 5.
• It takes 32935412 Hersheys milk chocolate
  bars fewer than the amount American consumers
  eat in a month to stretch from NY to LA.
• Hersheys Kisses got their name from the machine
  that makes them it looks like its kissing the
  conveyor belt.
• T.H.C. makes 80 million Kisses per day

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Contact Information

• Hersheys Corporate Headquarters The Hershey
  Company
• 100 Crystal A Drive
• Hershey PA 17033
• Websites
• www.hersheys.com
• www.thehersheycompany.com

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Additional Websites

• www.hersheyschocolateworld.com
• www.hersheypark.com
• www.hersheygifts.com
• www.hersheynewsroom.com
• www.hersheysjobs.com
• www.hersheysfundraising.com