Hersheys Case

Hershey’s

When you think of Hershey’s what do you think of? Chocolate, I’m sure. Well to start off, Hershey’s company has a very wide range of products. From chocolate to mints, they make just about anything. Many known candies are produced by Hershey, products such as Reese’s, bubalicious, bubble gum and even twisters. But I’m positive there are also many other aspects about Hershey that you didn’t know! Like Milton Hershey, the founder of Hershey, first made caramels, and then sold his company for one-million dollars to make chocolate? Pretty cool, huh?

History and Manufacturer of Hershey’s

On September 13, 1857, in Derry Church, Pennsylvania, the world introduced a little boy

by the name of Milton Hershey. He grew up on a farm in the beginning of his life and that same farm later became the same location of his company. Milton dropped out of school when he was about eight (fourth grade) and once he turned twelve, his father got him a job as a printer’s apprentice at a rural German-American newspaper. That didn’t last too long. He always dreamt big, his dream was always to create his own chocolate. His father, Henry Hershey, was a big dreamer and constantly told his son “if you want to make money, you must do things in a very big way.’ This helped him become more determined and want to pursue his dream of making chocolate. (D'Antonio, Michael. Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Print.)

The first company that was opened and belonged to Milton was the Lancaster Caramal Company. This company was founded in 1886 and later on in 1894, Hershey’s Company was created. He made this company in order to create chocolate coatings for his caramels, which back then was genius. The company was successful by the year 1900, where he sold his caramel company about a million dollars.

Hershey has many resources and programs to develop women leaders. They have invested in a General Manager Excellence program designed to provide greater awareness and development for leadership at Hershey. They are continuing to build our internal networking, mentoring and education via the Women’s Business Resource Group. They are building relationships within our industry -- cpg and retail -- and are better leveraging business networking,