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2009
Total Revenue 5,298,668
Gross Profit 2,053,137
Net Income 435,994
Total Assets 3,675,031
Long Term Debt 1,502,730
R&D 0
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Nutrition Information
Kosher Status: OU-D
Serving Size: 1 bar (43.00 g)
Total Calories 210
Calories from Fat 110
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 13 g 20%
Saturated Fat 8 g 40%
Cholesterol 10 mg 3%
Sodium 35 mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 26 g 9%
Dietary Fiber 1 g 4%
Sugars 24 g
Sugar Alcohols 0%
Protein 3 g
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8%
Iron 2%
The Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar is a bar of milk chocolate and is described as “The Great American Chocolate Bar”. It was invented by Milton Hershey and is manufactured by The Hershey Company.
Hershey's sells directly to large production manufacturers, bakeries, grocery markets, and consumers.
$0.50
1,000 per minute
or
525,600,000 per year
Cacao trees grow melon-like fruit, which is harvested by hand. Inside each
pod are about 20-40 seeds, or cocoa beans.
After the beans are removed from the pods, they are placed in large
heaps or piles. This is called fermentation, and takes about a week.
During this time, the shells harden, the beans darken, and the rich cocoa flavor develops. After drying, the
beans are ready for transport to the chocolate factory.
Railroad cars carry the cocoa beans from the docks to the chocolate
factory where they are cleaned and stored.
Cocoa beans from different countries each have a distinct flavor. After
arriving at the factory, the beans are stored by country of origin until they
are blended to give them that special Hershey taste
Cocoa beans are roasted in large, revolving roasters at very high
temperatures.
special hulling machine then takes the dry, roasted cocoa beans and separates the shell from the inside of the
bean - called the “nib.” This is the part of the bean actually used to make chocolate.
The main ingredients in chocolate are the chocolate liquor, cocoa butter,
sugar and milk.
Hershey uses fresh, whole milk to make its milk chocolate. It’s been that
way since Milton Hershey developed the recipe in 1900. Tanker trucks
bring the fresh milk to the factory every day where it is tested,
pasteurized, and then mixed with sugar. The whole milk-sugar mixture is
slowly dried until it turns into a thick, taffy-like material.
At the heart of the chocolate factory is the central blending operation
where the chocolate liquor is combined with the milk and sugar. This new mixture is dried into a coarse, brown
powder called chocolate crumb.
The chocolate crumb powder is used to make milk chocolate. Hershey
adds cocoa butter to the crumb which brings out the rich taste and
creamy texture of the chocolate. The crumb travels through special steel
rollers which grind and refine the mixture, making it smoother.
The crumb becomes a thick liquid called chocolate paste. The paste is
poured into huge vats called conches. Once inside the conche, large
granite rollers smooth out the gritty particles from the crumb. This
process can take anywhere from 24 to 72 hours to complete.
Most chocolate bars are made by pouring the liquid chocolate paste into
moulds. The moulding machines can fill more than 1,000 moulds per
minute with delicious HERSHEY’S chocolate. The filled moulds then take a
bumpy, vibrating ride to remove air bubbles and allow the chocolate to
settle evenly. Finally, they wind their way through a long cooling tunnel
where the liquid chocolate is gently chilled into a solid candy bar.
Have a page on their site that
talks about the nutritious values
and facts about manufacturing, so
the consumer knows exactly what their
chocolate is made of and how its made.
FDA says Hershey can no longer use milk chocolate, from what I researched consumers don't like this
Hershey gets cacao beans from countries that use child labor.
90% of sales in North America
Hershey’s has 90% of it’s sales in North America. The production facilities are located in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Hershey’s distributes it’s products through wholesale distributors, grocery stores, mass merchandisers, dollar and department stores, drug stores, convenience stores, and department stores, and vending companies.
Hershey’s has started to distribute products in the UK, Europe and China to compete with Kraft and Mars. Inc.
Possible buyout by Nestle rumored
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the process of the chocolate, from the raw materials to packaging.