Indian Express (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Hershey, Pennsylvania, Nov 26: To LeRoy Zimmerman, the taste of chocolate will always mean Hershey's. But now the head of the charitable trust that controls the Hershey Company must contemplate a risk-everything deal that would tie its fate to the much larger British chocolatier Cadbury Plc.
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
( The Hershey Company ) This study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of nonfat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The nonfat cocoa components are generally the brown cocoa powder content of the products. The study expands on previously published results.
Educated Guesswork (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
It is a truth universally acknowledged [at least outside the US] that American chocolate sucks. This observation serves as synechdoche for the general sense that Americans are philistines who are only interested in McDonalds and Budweiser. In the particular case of chocolate, however, the story is rather more interesting. The dominant chocolate in the US is Hersheys and for historical reasons Hersheys...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Battle for control of British confectioner looms as US-Italian consortium takes on Kraft Two major chocolate manufacturers, Hershey of the US and Italy's Ferrero, today confirmed their interest in buying Cadbury, raising the prospect of a battle for control of the British confectioner. The two companies were thought to have held preliminary talks yesterday on a joint bid to counter the £9.8bn...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Hershey Company said Wednesday that it is reviewing its options following press speculation that it is considering a potential offer for U.K. chocolate maker Cadbury . "At this stage there can be no assurance that any proposal or offer from Hershey will be forthcoming," the U.S. firm said. Cadbury, which has already rejected an offer from Kraft Foods , saw its...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Hershey Company said Wednesday that it is reviewing its options following press speculation that it is considering a potential offer for U.K. chocolate maker Cadbury . "At this stage there can be no assurance that any proposal or offer from Hershey will be forthcoming," the U.S. firm said. Cadbury, which has already rejected an offer from Kraft Foods , saw its...
West Virginia Record (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
CHARLESTON -- A father is suing the Hershey Company and Walmart Stores for his 2-year-old son after the child ate candy that had a rusty needle in it. On Oct. 22, 2008, Matthew Oyler ate a Mounds dark chocolate snack candy made by the Hershey Company and purchased at Wal-mart, according to a complaint filed Oct. 27 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Samuel Oyler, Matthew Oyler's father, claims when his son...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
By 10qk. The Hershey Company ( HSY ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-10-04. Read more » »
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (MARKET WIRE) Versatile Systems Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VV)(AIM: VVS), announces that the Company has developed a unique, highly interactive application for deployment on the Apple iPhone(TM) and iPod Touch(TM) for The Hershey Company.
Onward State (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yesterday the Hershey Company and Penn State announced a $1 million gift to the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. The money, which puts the hospital within $3 million of its $65 million fundraising goal, will be used to establish The Hershey Co. Safety Center. Penn State Live explains, Located in [...]
Titivil (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
So as a reward for the ghost-towniest voting experience I've had in years, I tried something the H.B. Reese Candy Co. calls "Reese's Whipps" as a mid-morning snack. The first odd thing right off the bat is that there is actually only one — it's not a bag of "Whipps" nor are there more than one pieces of candy product in the package. The easy answer is that H.B. or one of his...
Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
This Saturday, kids in neighborhoods around the country will dress up as their favorite witches and ghouls (or perhaps Sarah Palins and Bernie Madoffs) to do that trick-or-treating thing. Americans will fill their shopping baskets with a whopping 600 million pounds of candy during this Halloween season. This represents a crucial sales period for the country's two largest confectionary manufacturers,...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The Hershey Company ( HSY ) Q3 2009 Earnings Call October 22, 2009 8:30 am ET Complete Story »
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
HERSHEY, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY): ● Earnings per share-diluted of $0.71 as reported and $0.73 adjusted ● Retail takeaway up 4.8% in channels that account for over 80% of the Company’s U.S. business ● Full-year net sales growth of 3-5% expected ● Outlook for 2009 adjusted earnings per share-diluted increased; to be in the $2.12 to $2.14 range...
Me, My Muse and I (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
IN THE NEWS : Texas man found asleep with corpse inside closet. Read more HERE . Ha-ha! You can't boo and hiss me today! Because... I FINISHED my work in progress!!! Yes, I pushed myself and finally finished it! It's really amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. And here's the ending total: (to be adjusted since this is still a ROUGH, ROUGH draft) 50146 / 50000 words. 100% done! Thank...
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