...Incredible and inspiring, the story of Hershey's begins with the tale of one determined pioneer: Milton S. Hershey. Raised in rural central Pennsylvania, Milton Hershey would not only become known for the delicious milk chocolate bar that bears his name, but for his philanthropy and open-hearted generosity which still touches the lives of thousands. A credo generally describes the highest values to which the company aspires to operate. It contains the `thou shalts.' A code of ethics specifies the ethical rules of operation. It's the `thou shalt nots." In the latter 1980s, The Conference Board, a leading business membership organization, found that 76% of corporations surveyed had codes of ethics. Some business ethicists disagree that codes have any value. Usually they explain that too much focus is put on the codes themselves, and that codes themselves are not influential in managing ethics in the workplace. Many ethicists note that it's the developing and continuing dialogue around the code's values that is most important Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is neither synonymous with Corporate Philanthropy nor an alternative. In Corporate Philanthropy, corporates donate a certain portion of their profits to charitable causes. In this context, it is perceived as "improper" for corporates to consider receiving any benefit from it.According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, CSR could be defined as, "the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically...
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...The Hershey Chocolate Company Table of Contents Board of Directors 1 Introduction 2 Report 3 Financial Report Card 9 Annual Report Board of Directors Pamela Arway- Senior Advisor to Chairman and CEO of American Express Robert Cavanaugh- Managing Director of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners Charles Davis- CEO of Stone Point Capital, LLC James Nevels- Director of Tasty Baking Company Thomas Ridge- President and CEO of Ridge Global, LLC David Shedlarz- Vice President of Pfizer, Inc David West- President and CEO of The Hershey Company Leroy Zimmerman- Senior Counsel of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin, And Mellott, LLC The Hershey Company The Hershey Chocolate Company is one of the leading producers of chocolate and confectionary products. Hershey produces such chocolates as: the Hershey Kiss, Hershey Chocolate Bar, Mounds, Almond Joy, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Kit Kat, and York Peppermint Patty. In this report we will give you the company’s mission, the description, the background and history, highlights of major news events, the SWOTS, their marketing strategy, their commitment to social responsibility, and the financial report card. Business 100 Project Amanda Milgim Ava Winckler Hossai Rahimpur Karen Montoya The Hershey Chocolate Company When you think of Hershey what is the first thing that comes to mind? Chocolate right? Right! Hershey is one of the largest and oldest producers...
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...Unit 1 – AO1 – Investigate the roles and responsibilities of two contrasting public services and describe their purpose AO2 – Investigate the internal structure and functional areas for two chosen public services The two public services I am going to speak about are the prison service and the army. The reason is because both have a very important part of the keeping Britain safe. The prisons vision is to provide the very best prison service as possible and to help secure the following points. * Hold prisoners securely and safely * Reduce the risk of any prisoners from re-offending * Providing safe and well-ordered establishments in which we treat prisoners humanely, decently and lawfully To make sure the prison service actually completes their objectives they work in * close partnership with our commissioners and others in the Criminal Justice System to achieve common objectives * Obtain best value from the resources available using research to ensure effective correctional practice * Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and combat unlawful discrimination, and * Ensure our staff have the right leadership, organisation, support and preparation to carry out their work effectively. This is what the prison set out to achieve and how they plan to do it but there is a lot more involved in running a successful prison because a prison is a business. The prison has it goals but the prison needs top security to complete the goals. No...
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...1857 | Milton Hershey, the man behind Hershey's Chocolate, opened his eyes to this world, on 13th September 1857. He developed the love for candy at a very tender age only and started his career as an apprentice to a candy-maker in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was in 1876, when Milton was only eighteen-years old, that he laid the foundation of his own candy shop, in Philadelphia. However, the shop closed down after six years only, following which he moved to Denver, Colorado, and started learning the art of caramel-making. | 1866 | Milton moved back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the year 1886 and launched the much-successful Lancaster Caramel Company. The company grew by leaps and bounds. | 1893 | In 1893, Milton attended the Chicago International Exposition and ended up buying German chocolate-making machinery and started producing chocolate-coated caramels. The next year, he started the Hershey Chocolate Company, selling off his caramel business. With this, he started the production of Hershey chocolate caramels, breakfast cocoa, sweet chocolate and baking chocolate. | 1894 | Within six years of starting Hershey Chocolate Company i.e. in 1894, Milton began the production of milk chocolate, in the form of bars, wafers and other shapes. As the methods of mass-production became popular, the company was able to lower the per-unit cost of milk chocolate and bring the product within the common man's reach. The chocolate was an immediate success and witnessed heavy demand. To...
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...37 Targeting 38 Positioning 38 Strategy Execution 40 Product 41 Goals and Product Description 41 Process Description 42 Life Cycle Stage 43 Place 43 Goals and Market Exposure 43 Channels Used 44 Supply Chain System 45 Promotion 46 Goals 46 Promotional Blend 47 Price 50 Goals 50 Value Proposition and Price Sensitivity 50 Pricing Strategy (Short Term/Long Term) 51 Breakeven Analysis 52 Implementation and Control 53 Timing and Implementation Activities 54 Sales Estimates (Forecast) 54 Forecast/Estimates 56 Scenario Analysis and Discussion 57 Sensitivity Analysis and Discussion 59 Comprehensive Financial Analysis 64 Conclusions 65 Appendix 67 Citations 75 Executive Summary The Hershey Company is known for bringing goodness to the world through its chocolate, sweets, mints and other great-tasting snacks. Our Company has mentioned this statement several...
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...Hershey Company Name University Abstract The Hershey Company introducing the world of chocolate examines the remarkable successes and failures of the company. They are the largest North American manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products in its constant pursuit to maintain growth and profitability in a competitive industry. Hershey Company has an array of chocolate and confectionery products, which includes candies, beverages, baking ingredients, gums, syrups, and toppings for ice cream. Hershey Company produces and maintains more than 80 different brands. Hershey chocolate bar is known as the “Great American Chocolate Bar,” which is produced by Hershey Company and was invented by Milton Hershey over a hundred years ago and its products are sold in sixty different countries. We will look at the history of the company, its good marketing plan to expand that allows them to be more profits and more world recognition. Hershey Company maintain its dominant position in the industry and where the company is going in the near future. Hershey Company Mission and Objective Vision The vision of The Hershey Company is—Continuing Milton Hershey’s legacy of commitment to consumers, community and children, we provide high-quality Hershey’s products while conducting our business in a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner (The Hershey Company, n.d.). Mission Statement The mission of Hershey’s is encapsulated in the following words: Bringing...
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...(717) 534-7556 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mpogharian@hersheys.com Matthew F. Miller Investor Relations Manager Tele: (717) 534-7554 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mfmiller@hersheys.com Prepared by: The Hershey Company Investor Relations Department 100 Crystal A Drive, P.O. Box 810 Hershey, PA 17033-0810 Internet: www.hersheys.com The Hershey Company Fact Book Table of Contents Page(S) 3 4 5-24 Mission Statement Acquisition/Divestiture Summary Key Corporate Events Financial Data Summary of Statements of Income - GAAP: 2010 & 2009 Summary of Statements of Income - Pro Forma: 2010 & 2009 Six-Year Consolidated Financial Summary Quarterly Performance (2010, 2009 & 2008) 2002 – 2010 GAAP & Non-GAAP Annual EPS Capitalization Financing Arrangements Long Term Financial Objectives Capital Expenditures Depreciation Cash Flow Analysis Share Repurchases Economic-ROIC HSY Stock Statistics Key Management Hershey Executive Team Operations U.S. Confectionery Industry U.S. Market Share U.S. Classes of Trade U.S. Snack Market Hershey Products Hershey Canada Hershey Mexico Hershey International Commodities Cocoa Sugar Hershey Manufacturing and Distribution 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 33 34 35-36 37 38-39 40 41-42 43-44 45 45 46-47 48-50 51 52-53 54-55 56 57 The Hershey Company What it means to stakeholders Consumers Delivering quality consumer-driven confectionery experiences for all occasions Employees Winning with an aligned and empowered organization…while having...
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...Relations Tele: (717) 534-7556 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mpogharian@hersheys.com Matthew F. Miller Investor Relations Manager Tele: (717) 534-7554 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mfmiller@hersheys.com Prepared by: The Hershey Company Investor Relations Department 100 Crystal A Drive, P.O. Box 810 Hershey, PA 17033-0810 Internet: www.hersheys.com The Hershey Company Fact Book Table of Contents Page(s) 3 4 5-24 Mission Statement Acquisition/Divestiture Summary Key Corporate Events Financial Data Summary of Statements of Income - GAAP: 2011 & 2010 Summary of Statements of Income - Pro Forma: 2011 & 2010 Six-Year Consolidated Financial Summary Quarterly Performance (2010, 2009 & 2008) 2002 – 2010 GAAP & Non-GAAP Annual EPS Capitalization Financing Arrangements Long Term Financial Objectives Capital Expenditures Depreciation Cash Flow Analysis Share Repurchases Economic-ROIC HSY Stock Statistics Key Management Hershey Executive Team Operations U.S. Confectionery Industry U.S. Market Share U.S. Classes of Trade U.S. Snack Market Hershey Products Hershey Canada Hershey International Commodities Cocoa Sugar Hershey Manufacturing and Distribution 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 33 34 35-36 37 38-39 40 41-42 43-44 45 45 46-47 48-50 51-52 53-54 55 56 The Hershey Company What it means to stakeholders Consumers Delivering quality consumer-driven confectionery experiences for all occasions Employees Winning with an aligned and empowered organization…while having fun ...
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...The Hershey Company Worldwide Educators OR/5000 May 7, 2013 The Hershey Company Introduction The founder of the Hershey Company was Milton S. Hershey. He was raised in rural central Pennsylvania. Even though he lacked formal education and went nearly bankrupt by the time he was 30 years of age, Milton S. Hershey became one of the wealthiest men in the world. He started Lancaster Caramel Company in 1876, in Philadelphia, hiring about 1400 people, in his chocolate factory. By the time the year 1900 came in the picture Milton S. Hershey made 1 million dollars. This was the name before it was Hershey. Soon the Lancaster Caramel Company was shipping all over the U.S. and Europe. As time progressed on, Mr. Hershey opened a school for orphan boys called the Milton Hershey School; it has since opened its doors to girls as well. In 1918, Hershey transferred the bulk of his considerable wealth, including his ownership in the Hershey Chocolate Company and other enterprises, to the Hershey Trust to be held for the Hershey Industrial School. The Hershey’s Company many products to choose from such as Hershey’s milk chocolate bar, Reese’s peanut butter cups, Kit Kat wafer bars, Hershey’s Kisses, Jolly Ranchers, Ice Breakers, and many more. These products are only, to name a few. Hershey does not only offer sweets to eat also offer job opportunities, or if one would like to be an investor in the company. Mission Statement Hershey’s considers their mission as...
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...beginning there was milk, sugar and cocoa; these three main items combined were the beginning of an empire. With this empire comes a long laundry list of marketing strategies that helped get a company known as Hershey to the top of the list when it comes to candy manufacturers. Market Force 1: Description and Analysis of impact on product/service Milk, Sugar, Cocoa and the Cost of It All. Product cost of these particular items tends to increase consistently. In order to keep the ability to sell the product the companies have to ensure that they remain competitive. Despite that Hershey obtains their cocoa from across seas it appears to becoming harder for the company to produce the chocolate at the price that it was being produced at just over a year ago. In results, Hershey decided to make the weight of the candy bar lighter while keeping the price the same. Of course in this day and time remaining competitive isn’t exactly easy. Consumers may begin to fear that because of this, the taste of the candy may begin to suffer. Market Force 2: Description and Analysis of impact on product/service Distribution Cost If a company can figure out how to keep the cost of distribution to a minimum the product will become easier to get out to the consumers. This means that Hershey will have to locate other options that are cheaper to ensure a good product makes it way to the...
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...Management 306 The Hershey Company Introduction Trying to make chocolate chip cookies without eating all the chocolate chips first. Finally achieving the ever elusive perfect peel of a Reese’s cup wrapper. Breaking off a piece of a Kit Kat bar only to eat the whole thing anyways. These are all things everyone associates with one of the world’s leading candy companies, and that company is Hershey’s. The Hershey Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chocolate and chocolate confectionary products. Hershey is a publicly owned company with over 14,000 employees and locations in over 90 countries. Hershey is known to manufacture many different products, including but not limited to Hershey Chocolate Chips and Chocolate Syrup; Kit Kat, Reese’s, Heath bars, Milk Duds, Goodbar, and many more. Hershey is a very interesting company, with a storied history, and proven business success. History The Hershey Chocolate Company began as a wholly owned subsidiary of Milton Hershey’s Lancaster Caramel Company in 1893. Soon after that William Murrie was hired to sell the excess product to other confectioners and he quickly turned the Hershey Company into a successful venture on its own. By 1895 the Hershey Company was making more than 114 chocolate products, and marketed several specifically to women and athletes. Hershey then realized the real market was in milk chocolate; he just needed to find a way to produce large quantities quickly and efficiently. Hershey worked relentlessly...
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...The Hershey Foods Corporation commonly called Hershey's, is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America as well as the oldest. Milton Snavely Hershey founded a candy shop in Philadelphia, which failed after six years. After trying unsuccessfully to manufacture candy in New York, Hershey returned to Pennsylvania, where he founded the Lancaster Caramel Company, whose use of fresh milk in caramels proved successful (Hershey). In 1900, Hershey sold his caramel company for $1,000,000(Hershey). 1903, Hershey began construction of a chocolate plant in his hometown which later was named after him. The milk chocolate bars manufactured at this plant proved successful, and the company grew rapidly thereafter (Hershey). While his company was successfully selling sweet chocolate products, Milton Hershey knew that going down the path of creating and selling milk chocolate products would be better. Milton built a milk-processing plant in the year 1896, to be able to create and refine a recipe for milk chocolate candies (Hershey). In 1899, three years later, he developed his own way of making milk chocolate called the Hershey process (Hershey). In 1907, Hershey introduced "Hershey's Kisses", which were initially individually wrapped by hand in squares of foil, and the introduction of machine wrapping in 1921 made the process easier while adding the small paper ribbon to the top of the package to indicate that it was a genuine Hershey product (Hershey). The product was trademarked...
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...HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION: BITTER TIMES IN A SWEET PLACE Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The proposed sale of Hershey Foods Corporation (HFC) during the summer of 2002 captured headlines and imaginations. After all, Hershey was an American icon, and when the company’s largest shareholder, the Hershey Trust Company (HSY), asked HFC management to explore a sale, the story drew national and international attention. The company’s unusual governance structure put the Hershey Trust’s board in the difficult position of making both an economic and a governance decision. On the one hand, the board faced a challenging economic decision that centered on determining whether the solicited bids provided a fair premium for HFC shareholders. On the other hand, the governance decision required the board to balance its fiduciary responsibility against the original mandate of Milton Hershey to support the Hershey School in perpetuity. The fiduciary responsibility is relatively simple compared with satisfying a broad array of constituents, including the Hershey community, HFC employees, and Pennsylvania’s attorney general. In addition to this teaching note, we provide a variety of teaching supplements to support a discussion of the complex issues presented by the case: • Video footage of the Hershey community and key players in the case • Excel spreadsheets for key case exhibits • Excel spreadsheets for key teaching-note exhibits • Projection-ready...
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...Hershey’s Sweet Mission The Hershey Company is the number one chocolate and non- chocolate confectionary manufacturer in North America (www.datamonitor.com). Founded in 1894 by Milton Hershey, the Hershey Company has managed to withstand the ever changing economy and manage its workforce in a way that has resulted in extreme success. Companies often undergo organizational restructure as a means to keep up with today’s shifting workforce and in an effort to attract and maintain the best talent. Especially in the United States, which is now being considered the world’s melting pot, the workforce is becoming much more diverse and great effort is required to address these changes. This paper discusses recommendations for the redesign of Hershey’s performance management system in order to appeal to its diverse workforce. Also discussed is how an employee would interpret the Hershey Company’s values in relation to their role. Workforce trends will be examined and how they could impact Hershey. Finally, the mentoring program that Hershey has implemented will be discussed along with the effects that this program has on integrating the culture at the Hershey Company. Recommend the redesign of Hershey’s performance manageir ment system to appeal to the diverse groups that it employs. A performance management system is a system put into place that makes certain that the employees’ outputs and activities align with the goals of the company or organization (Noe et al, 2011)...
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