In 1894 he incorporated his new business as the Hershey Chocolate Company. Milton S. Hershey hired two chocolate makers and began manufacturing chocolates.
Milton S. Hershey built a chocolate factory and completed in 1905. The completion of the factory meant the mass production of chocolate could begin.
Chocolate making became such a huge part of Derry Church that the town was renamed Hershey.
Many of the Hershey’s major products date back to these early years. Hershey’s Kisses were first manufactured in 1907.
In the early 1920s, business boomed in Hershey, the factory turned out million of dollar worth of chocolate every year.
During the World War II, special Hershey chocolate bars were given to the US armed forces as part of Ration D. It weight four ounces and could with stand extreme heat. During the war, the company manufactured more than 3 billion bars.
Hershey Chocolate Company is the world’s largest producer of chocolate and cocoa products. The company was renamed the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and listed on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time.
Today the company has an annual revenue (2011) of $6.1 billion, exports its product to more than 90 countries and has operation in Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Virginia, Canada and other locations outside the US. Revenue for 2012 expected to be 6.6 billion.
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