the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America
Its headquarters and the home of Hershey are in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
It was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 116 years ago (1894) as the Hershey Chocolate Company.
The Hershey Company owns many other candy companies.
Hershey's is one of the oldest chocolate companies in the United States.
History:
At first Milton Hershey had a store in NewYork. But he founded a candy shop in Philadelphia, which failed six years later, so they moved it in Philadelphia.
Its famous because, it use of fresh milk in caramels proved successful.
103 years ago, in 1907, Hershey introduced a new candy, small flat-bottomed conical-shaped pieces of chocolate that he named "Hershey's Kisses".
The name for Hershey's in stock is: HSY
Now it went down 0.21(0.44%) in stock.