Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

August 18th, 2008

Hershey’s Announces Higher Prices

It was bound to happen (again!): Hershey’s announced last Friday that, effective immediately, it’s raising U.S. prices on its wholesale products by about 13%. They cited the higher cost of ingredients like cocoa, milk, corn sweetener, sugar and peanuts.
The mega-chocolate maker said its 2008 profit will be at the low end of its forecast […]

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August 16th, 2008

The Chocolate World Ride at Hersheypark

I don’t know that I’m ever going to be able to make it back east to Pennsylvania for Hersheypark, but I found the next best thing.
Someone brought their video camera with them on the Hershey World Chocolate Ride, a kind of tour that explains where and how chocolate is made, from pod to bar.

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March 6th, 2008

Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate Truffle

I found a pack of Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate Truffles at the store checkout the other day. Each pack is 1.3 ounces and has five truffles inside.

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October 9th, 2007

Pink Chocolate for Breast Cancer Awareness

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Home & Dining channel has put together some lists to help you show your support. Here are some chocolate ideas to check out:

~ Pink chocolate fondue sets: one and two
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, Trudeau has created a charming line of pink products that are both fun […]

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July 23rd, 2007

Hershey’s Moves to Mexico, part 2

The general Hershey’s Move to Mexico report has made it to Snopes.com. They’re debunking the news that all US plants are moving to Mexico, when in reality it’s just over 10% of their workforce (so far). Snopes tags this as just “partly true,” but I can’t help but think it’s going to be tagged “true” […]

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July 9th, 2007

Hershey’s Moves to Mexico

On a warm May weekend in this Central Valley town, the irony was thick.
As usual, the annual Chocolate Festival was drawing hordes of fun-seekers. But Hershey Co., Oakdale’s biggest employer and the nation’s biggest candy company, is closing its plant here, eliminating all 575 jobs. The company will open a factory in Monterrey, Mexico, […]

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