The Hershey Company news stories on Newser

Hershey to Close Original Factory

Kevin Spak — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:23:00 CDT

Hershey, Penn., is about to lose its eponymous chocolate factory. It’s not going far—the company is building a new factory just outside of town—but the closure still represents the end of an era, and will result in the loss of close to half the current factory’s jobs, NPR...

Hershey Boosts Prices by 10% as Costs Rise

Harry Kimball — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:25:00 CDT

Chocolate maker Hershey said today it is raising prices by about 10% to offset the new costs of ingredients, Reuters reports. Commodities like cocoa and peanuts are up between 20% and 45%, it said, yet one analyst called the price hike a "real surprise." The candy giant also predicted lower...

Chocoholics: Science Wants You

Paul Stinson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:37:02 CDT

A bar of chocolate a day may keep heart disease away, Reuters reports—or so goes the theory British scientists want to test by recruiting 150 postmenopausal women willing to do their part for science. Eating one bar each day for a year will help study whether a key chemical...

Mars Buys Wrigley, With Assist From Buffett

Jim O'Neill — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:05:02 CDT

M&Ms-maker Mars, backed by Warren Buffett, has made a deal to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for about $23 billion, reports the New York Times . The acquisition is likely to force other candy makers like Hershey and Cadbury Schweppes into mergers to maintain market share against a powerful conglomerate of...

100 Years of Kisses

NewsDude — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:59:04 CDT

Today the Hershey's Kiss will turn 100 and The Hershey Company is pulling out all the stops. What do you get the candy that has everything? A U.S. postage stamp? A 15,026 pound bigger-than-life-size version of itself? A party? Yes.