Hershey Chocolate the Amercian Candy

In 1894 Milton Hershey had a dream, a dream to spread love and joy through the simple act of giving someone chocolate. Not only did Milton have one of the best first names ever (my opinion, but I stand by it), but he also had one of the greatest recipes for chocolate. When I visited www.hershey.com I learned a lot of different information about the formation of Hershey chocolate. Hershey didn't start of as a man whom had a lot of success with prior business ventures. Hershey started off being a bankrupt man whom just had the recipes of a chocolate to coat homemade caramels. Soon he learned that people really just enjoyed his chocolate coating on the caramels and started to only produce it. The reason why Hershey chocolate enjoyed success so early was the fact that Milton was able to keep his set price for the candy at a very low price because he mass produced the chocolate. Mass production allows for the company to buy in bulk, thus saving a lot of money since the distributors give them discounts. Instead of keeping prices high and making more of a single bar Milton realized having a small profit on an individual bar would make the chocolate more popular among the masses. Hershey in 1905 made the first Hershey plant in the middle of Pennsylvania farmland (later named Hershey, PA) because it was close to ports of Philadelphia and New York where most all of his sugar and cocoa came from.

Hershey is known for many other products than just its signature item, Hershey in 1907 introduced the "kiss" which became a huge success among the population. Hershey's over the next twenty years introduced The Goodbar (Hershey's with peanuts), Hershey's chocolate syrup, Hershey's chocolate chips, and the Krackel bar (Hershey's with rice crisps). During WWII Hershey's went with the troops over sea's being part of the rations that the troops received, with over a billion rations of Hershey bars being produced.

Today the Hershey Company still enjoys huge popularity among people worldwide making such popular candy as Kit Kats, Reeses peanut butter cups, twizzlers, and ice breakers gum to name just a few. Hershey's net sales have peaked to over 4 billion dollars and it employs 13,700 people. Hershey's not only is America's favorite chocolate but after WWII its popularity spread worldwide with the soldiers that carried it, today it exports to over 90 countries.