Hershey, say it aint so!!!

[boston bean]

For more than 100 years, plants in central Pennsylvania have been churning out the great American chocolate bar. But cutbacks, plant closings and outsourcing have many consumers questioning just how "American" Milton Hershey's legacy will remain.

Bill Price, 83, looks lovingly at his extended family, kids in his charge while he was a house parent at the Milton Hershey School. Being a houseparent was his way of giving back to the man who gave him so much.

“I entered Hershey Industrial School, January 20, 1937 and I remember that as though it were yesterday,” says Price.

Mr. Price still lives in Derry Township, usually referred to as Hershey. He also remembers fondly how Milton Hershey would walk the factory floors talking to his employees, people Hershey considered his family.

What Price is not so fond of is how the Hershey Company is being operated right now. Six plants that are closing or already closed: three in Canada, three in the United States- Connecticut, California and Reading, PA. Production lines are moving to plants in Mexico and as a result 1500 jobs in this country will be cut.

http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d1e14965-ab7f-4184-a2ed-a594e5e18133

[Systematic Chaos]

1. And Kisses taste like disgusting clumps of wax now, too.

I ate some the other day and couldn't believe how shitty they've become. :puke:

[SharonRB]

2. I thought it was just me

They have no taste anymore.

[lost-in-nj]

3. People

are more health concious....
crap I probably closed a whole plant since I stopped eating chocolate.....
its been a year......

consolidate....
then they should be ok......

hope Hershey sticks around......


lost

[tridim]

4. Real chocolate is good for you

I down about one Chocolove bar a week.

[samplegirl]

6. I've never seen a

chocolove bar before...were do you buy those? Is it real chocolate?

[tridim]

9. Target and Whole Foods

And yes it's real Belgian chocolate as good as anything I've ever tasted from Europe, for about $2.79 a bar. I usually get the 63% Organic Dark.

[supernova]

5. Not surprised.

I've eaten a Hershey bar maybe once in the past year.

I tend to favor the 70% and above now and take 3 or 4 days to eat a bar.

[seemunkee]

8. 65% cacao with nibs

This is one of my favorites

[AlCzervik]

7. uk or Canada made cadbury.

[hootinholler]

10. Milton is rolling in his grave.

The whole point was to keep shit local and provide jobs in the US.

-Hoot