WHO WAS MILTON HERSHEY? PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Jr James Buckley,Ted Hammond | 105 pages | 27 Feb 2015 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780448479361 | English | New York, United States Milton S. Hershey Biography, Life, Interesting Facts After selling the Lancaster Caramel Company, Hershey used the money to acquire land outside of Lancaster. There he was able to obtain abundant supplies of fresh milk, needed to produce chocolate. At the time, milk chocolate was a luxury product, and Hershey was determined to create a formula that sells the product to the American public. In , Hershey began constructing the largest chocolate manufacturing company in the world. The facility was finished in and had the newest technology in mass production. Soon after, the land around the plant grew with houses, businesses, churches, and an extensive transportation infrastructure, surrounded by dairy farms. Milton Hershey married Catherine Sweeney in They met in a candy store in New York. The couple lived a happy life together. However, they did not have any children. In , the couple had booked tickets on the ill-fated luxury liner RMS Titanic. However, they had to cancel their reservation since Hershey had to attend to some business matters. His wife died in , and Hershey never remarried. One of their most notable contributions was the Elizabethtown College Honors Program. In , Hershey announced a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative to help build a sustainable supply chain to support basic nutrition for children in Ghana. Hershey has been criticized for not having programs to ensure sustainable and ethical cocoa purchases, lagging behind its competitors in fair trade measures. The "Raise the Bar, Hershey! The purpose of the Raise the Bar Campaign was to pressure Hershey to commit "to take immediate action to eliminate forced and child labor [ The pressure was particularly directed at Whole Foods Market , which announced on October 3, , that it would cease carrying Hershey's Scharffen Berger line. The Washington Post noted that the commitment taken in to eradicate such practices within 4 years had not been kept, neither at the due deadline of , nor within the revised deadlines of and , and that the result was not likely to be achieved for either. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the chocolate manufacturer. For the ice cream company also known as Hershey's, see Hershey Creamery Company. For other uses, see Hershey's. Trade name. Hershey Chocolate Co. Hershey , Pennsylvania. United States. Operating income. Net income. Main article: Milton Hershey School. This section may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies. Please help to create a more balanced presentation. Discuss and resolve this issue before removing this message. November Companies portal. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved July 21, The Hershey Company. Archived from the original on August 5, Retrieved August 22, March 22, Retrieved October 27, October 26, Archived from the original on July 1, Retrieved September 26, Retrieved June 30, Retrieved August 8, Retrieved July 3, Retrieved May 28, Reese Candy Company Story". Lebanon Daily News. June 9, Retrieved October 20, Reese Death Announcement". Retrieved July 25, July 23, Atlas Obscura. Ad Age. Retrieved April 17, New York Times. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 16, The Telegraph. August 29, Retrieved July 23, Retrieved September 29, The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, However, the shop was closed after six years and Milton moved to Denver, Colorado, where he worked with a caramel manufacturer and learned caramel-making. In , Milton Hershey attended the Chicago International Exposition where he bought German chocolate- making machinery and began making chocolate-coated caramels. In , Milton started the Hershey Chocolate Company and produced Hershey chocolate caramels, breakfast cocoa, sweet chocolate, and baking chocolate. He sold his caramel business and concentrated on chocolate- making. The Hershey Chocolate Company has made or currently owns many famous Hershey chocolate candies including:. Hershey's Kisses chocolates were first introduced in by Milton Hershey, who trademarked the "plume" extending out of the wrapper in Biography for Kids: Milton Hershey Finally, he closed shop and headed west, reuniting with his father in Denver, where he found work with a confectioner. It was there that he discovered caramel and how fresh milk could be used to make it. But the entrepreneur in Hershey wasn't content to work for someone else, and he struck out on his own again—first in Chicago and later in New York City. In both cases, Hershey failed. In , he returned to Lancaster and, still convinced he could build a successful candy company, started the Lancaster Caramel Company. Success soon followed. Within a few short years, Hershey had a thriving business and was shipping his caramels all over the country. At the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in , Hershey got an up-close look at the art of chocolate making. He was immediately hooked. While his caramel business boomed, Hershey started the Hershey Chocolate Company. His fascination quickly became focused on milk chocolate, considered a delicacy and largely the domain of the Swiss. Hershey was determined to find a new formula that would allow him to mass-produce and mass-distribute milk chocolate candy. Three years later, he began building a mammoth and modern candy-making facility in Derry Church. It opened in , setting a new course for Hershey and the candy industry. Quickly, the Hershey Chocolate Company's success far exceeded that of its founder's previous venture. His winning ideas included the Hershey Kiss in , which the company's founder named himself. The trademark foil wrapper was added in As the company grew and Hershey's wealth expanded, so did his vision for creating a model community in his home region. In the town that came to be known as Hershey, Pennsylvania, Hershey built schools, parks, churches, recreational facilities and housing for his employees. He even added a trolley system for his workers. At his side for much of this philanthropy was his wife, Catherine, whom he'd married in Hershey continued to experiment and perfect the process of making milk chocolate using the techniques he had first learned for adding milk to make caramels when he had moved to Drexel Hill. Since Hershey and his wife could not have children, they decided to help others, establishing the Hershey Industrial School with a Deed of Trust in In , Hershey transferred the majority of his assets, including control of the company, to the Milton Hershey School Trust fund, to benefit the Industrial School. The trust fund has a majority of voting shares in the Hershey Company, allowing it to keep control of the company. In , the school was renamed the Milton Hershey School. He took great pride in the growth of the school, the town, and his business. He placed the quality of his product and the well-being of his workers ahead of profits. In , Hershey established the M. Hershey Foundation, a private charitable foundation that provides educational and cultural opportunities for Hershey residents. The founding of the Penn State Milton S. The hospital is a teaching hospital , with an annual budget exceeding the initial construction cost. The Hershey Company has continued his philanthropic ways. The Hershey Company helped start up Elizabethtown College 's honors program. They canceled their reservations at the last minute due to business matters requiring Hershey's attention. The cancellation is often incorrectly attributed to Kitty Hershey falling ill, but by this time, she had been ill for several years. The former Hershey Museum displayed a copy of the check Milton Hershey wrote to the White Star Line as a deposit for a first-class stateroom on the Titanic. Hershey Chocolate supplied the U. After a year or two, the Army was impressed enough with the durability and success of the Ration D Bar to commission Hershey to make the Tropical Chocolate Bar. The only difference between them was that the Tropical Chocolate Bar was made to taste better than the Ration D Bar and still be as durable. Tropical Chocolate Bars were designed not to melt in the tropical weather. It is estimated that between and , over three billion of the Ration D and Tropical Chocolate Bars were produced and distributed to soldiers throughout the world. In , the Hershey plant was capable of producing , ration bars a day. By the end of World War II, the entire Hershey plant was producing ration bars at a rate of 24 million a week. The Hershey factory machine shop even made some parts for tanks and machines during the war. On March 25, , Hershey's wife Catherine died of an unknown disease. In late , his father's body was moved there. Hershey died of pneumonia in Hershey Hospital on October 13, at the age of At the Hershey School, there is a bronze statue of Milton Hershey with an orphan boy wrapped in his arms. Below the statue are these words: "His deeds are his monument. His life is our inspiration. September 13 is International Chocolate Day, which is also Hershey's birthday. Hershey, which honors him as a philanthropist, as part of the Great Americans series. The stamp was designed by Dennis Lyall, an artist from Norwalk, Connecticut. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. American chocolatier. Derry Township, Pennsylvania , United States. Hershey, Pennsylvania , United States. His father used to leave his family and children for long periods of time. Hershey was educated in the local school until 4th grade and later received a limited education. In , he left school indefinitely and began working for the local German-English newspaper. Milton Hershey did not enjoy his work at the local printer, and one day, after accidentally dropping his hat in the printer he was fired from his job.