The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), until April 2005 Hershey Foods Corporation,[1] commonly called Hershey's, is America's largest chocolate company.[2] Its main office is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a town that smells strongly of cocoa on some days,[3] and home to Hershey's Chocolate World. The company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 as the Hershey Chocolate Company. Hershey's candies and other products are sold around the world.[2] Popular Hershey candy is Hershey milk chocolate, Reese's, KitKat, Hershey kisses, Twizzlers, Jolly Rancher, Icebreakers gum, Payday, and Dot's pretzels.
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Booksense.com URL last accessed June 30 2006.
- ↑ CNN News Article Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine URL last accessed January 3 2007.
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