Hersheys

1. Mariana Muñoz Mondragón
María José Tovar Ruiz

2. THE HERSHEY’S COMPANY
• Commonly known as Hershey’s.
• Largest chocolate manufacturer in North America.
• Founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894-it is a
subsidiary of his Company Lancaster Caramel
Company.
• Headquarters are in Pennsylvania.
• Hershey is a member of the World Cocoa
Foundation.

3. Hershey’s Headquarters in Pennsylvania.

4. Hershey’s Chocolate World in Pennsylvania

6. EARLY YEARS
• In 1886 he founded the Lancaster Caramel
Company.
• Hershey sold his Company for 1 million USD and
began to concentrate in chocolate
manufacturing.
• In 1899, he delevoped the “Hershey process”,
which is less sensitive to milk quality than
traditional methods.
• In 1900, he began manufacturing the Hershey’s
Milk Chocolate Bars.

7. HERSHEY’S IN PENNSYLVANIA
In 1903, he began the construction of a chocolate plant in his hometown,
Derry, Pennsylvania.

8. HERSHEY’S KISSES
• In 1907, the famous Hershey Kisses were introduced in the market.
• First they were individually wrapped by hand, then with the
technological advances the process was simplified.
• The Little ribbon with the Word “Kisses”, indicates that it is a genuine
Hershey product.

9. M&M’s
• Before the World War II, Bruce Morrie and Forrest Mars (creator of
Milki Way and Mars chocolate Candy bars), strucked a deal.
• In 1948, Mars bought out Murrie’s shares and became one of Hershey’s
main competitors.

10. SALES AND ACQUISITIONS

11. • In 1969- license from Rowntree’s-KitKat and Rolo.
• Since 2013, they still have the license but now it’s owned by Nestlé.
ROWNTREE’S

12. • In 1977- acquired Y&S Candies, and became the makers of Twizzlers
candies.
• In 2004, they acquired Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp.
Y&S/ MAUNA LOA

13. • In 2005, they acquired the Californian boutiquechocolate-maker:
Scharffen Berger.
• In the same year, they acquired Joseph Schmidt Confections.
• In 2006, they bought out Dagoba Organic Chocolate.
SCHARFFEN/SCHMIDT/DAGOBA

14. • In 2014 they had:
*Revenue: $7.4 billion USD.
*Operating Income: $1.3 billion USD
*Net Income: $846 million USD
*Total assets:5.6 billion USD
*Employees: 14,800
HERSHEY’S FINANCE OVERLOOK

15. ADVERTISEMENT

17. MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL
• Located in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
• Milton Hershey ensured that the school would live on by donating
30% of all future Hershey profits to the school.
• Now MHS has over 7 billion dollars in assets, making it one of the
richest schools in the world.

18. MHS HOUSEPARENTS