chocolate: B'ars and Bars and Bears - 10/29/07 01:10 PM
It's October 29 and hockey season is already 3 weeks old. I guess the warm temperatures don't matter to true hockey fans.
Central Pennsylvania has it's own hockey tradition, the Hershey Bears have been a part of the American Hockey League since 1936 and have earned eight Calder Cup trophies in the last 70 years, … (1 comments)
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chocolate: Management Shakeup in Hometown Hershey - 10/03/07 01:38 PM
I wrote quite a few blog posts last Winter and Spring about the Hershey Company's decision to cut jobs in the US and Canada in order to move them to Mexico. My articles mostly outlined my view that the company, in spite of the founder's desire to keep Hershey as a … (0 comments)
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chocolate: The 4th Annual Hershey Soup Cook-Off - 09/27/07 01:28 PM
The 4th annual Hershey Soup Cook-off is happening this Saturday morning starting at 11AM at the Hershey Fire Company building located at 21 West Caracas Avenue, almost across the street from the "old" Hershey factory in the heart of town. The logo at top left is a hot link to the Soup … (0 comments)
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chocolate: Local Restaurants in Hershey - 07/26/07 12:42 PM
There are quite a few fine locally owned and operated restaurants here is Hershey that offer good value and fine dining:
The Campbelltown Cafe is located on US Rte 322 (Governor Road) about 3 miles east of town. Even though it's named for a nearby town, it actually is here in Derry Township. The … (0 comments)
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chocolate: Hershey Kisses - The 100th Anniversary - 07/08/07 08:11 AM
July 7, 1907 was the introductory date of the famous Hershey Kiss. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of this Hershey Kiss, the Hershey Company had a 12 foot tall Hershey Kiss manufactured and it was unveiled yesterday at Hershey's Chocolate World.
This giant candy weighs over 30,000 pounds, is 12 feet … (9 comments)
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chocolate: The Unique Streetlights of Hershey - 04/30/07 08:31 AM
I think everyone just takes municipal lighting of our streets for granted.
In an effort to make Hershey different and bring attention to the main business here in Chocolatetown, the street lights locally take on a whole new look:
Many years ago the street lights were changed to reflectthe look of the wrapped and … (1 comments)
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chocolate: Hershey Job Losses - Part 5 - 04/26/07 02:22 PM
After a week or so the Hershey Company announced a new round of plant closing and job cuts. Chairman and CEO Richard Lenny (that's Lenny, not Squiggy) announced:
Hershey is closing the factory in nearby Reading Pennsylvania which will mean about 250 jobs will be eliminated.
Then this week, they announced a closing of … (0 comments)
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chocolate: Job Losses in Hershey - Part 4 - 04/08/07 11:24 AM
Well the top management of Hershey Company has spoken, it just took them 2 weeks to speak all of the words.
The week of March 25 they announced at the two Hershey plants that they anticipated that they would eliminate about 650 jobs that are union jobs. On Friday, they announced an … (0 comments)
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chocolate: Update #3 on Hershey Job Loss - 03/27/07 12:06 PM
Well, they came up with some numbers the last couple of days. The plan is that there will be about 650 manufacturing job cuts spread between the 3 manufacturing plants here in town. Since two of the plants are unionized, there will be voting on Thursday & Friday by the union … (2 comments)
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chocolate: Update #2 on Hershey Job Losses - 03/18/07 08:51 AM
There hasn't been a lot of progress or good news since the last update. There was a meeting scheduled for Friday the 16th between the union local and management but it was cancelled due to the snowstorm. It is rescheduled for next week.
There was a telling article in the Harrisburg Patriot … (1 comments)
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chocolate: Anger Levels Rise in Hershey - 03/04/07 12:06 PM
There is an increased level of anger locally over the announcement by the Hershey Company that there may be job losses in manufacturing and perhaps other segments in the company business locally.
There was a rally yesterday attended by over 200 people in support of the workers and insupport of retaining these jobs … (0 comments)
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chocolate: Who Will Count The Beans? - 02/23/07 09:56 AM
What Will Happen to the Bean Counters When They
Move All The Beans Offshore?
Hershey Foods finally announced the expected yesterday, the plan to close their plant in Ontario early in 2008 and will make additional job cuts within 2 years. Since about 500 jobs will be lost in Canada, it is anticipated … (1 comments)
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chocolate: Layoffs Come to Hershey? - 02/17/07 05:45 AM
On Thursday, the Hershey Company announced they are building a new plant in Mexico and will be closing some US based plants and laying off about 1500 workers. On Friday that changed to possibly 3000 workers.
There has been no formal declaration that any of these will be here locally, but since … (5 comments)
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chocolate: Chocolate Covered February - 01/24/07 08:41 AM
February is typically a very slow month for the tourism side of living in Hershey. People don't travel because of the fear of winter storms and the cold weather mitigates attendance for an outdoor event.
To add some tourism dollars to the local economy, the Hershey Entertainment are has proclaimed next month as … (1 comments)
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chocolate: The Hershey Partnership - 01/18/07 01:50 PM
Since the Hershey area has a lot of tourist type attractions, the Hershey Partnership was formed many years ago as a means for local businesses to promote their business to vistors and to cement their relationship within the local economy.
The partnership publishes 'Your Guide to Chocolatetown' every spring and publishes a … (1 comments)
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chocolate: A One Hundred Year Old Kiss - 01/14/07 07:46 AM
The Hershey Kiss was first made in 1907, so this is the One Hundreth Anniversary of this little product.
To commemorate, the United States Postal Service has issued a special commemorative stamp.
See the announcement here
Hershey has promoted Hershey's Kisses with This Vehicle for a number of years
Be sure to celebrate your special days … (3 comments)
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