A Tale of Chocolate: The Hershey Company

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A Tale of ChocolateThe Hershey Company

• Nikita L. Turnbull
• CIS 55-11
• September 28,2006

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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 13,000 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 corporation's 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

• HERSHEY'S
• REESE'S
• KIT KAT
• KISSES
• TWIZZLERS
• JOLLY RANCHER
• ICE BREAKERS
• Snacks
• HERSHEY'S 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 32,935,412 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

• Hershey's 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