Milton Hershey Impact On The World

Everyones favorite candy has always been chocolate it has been around for over thousands of years and it was changed when Milton S. Hershey started his company we all know and love ‘The Hershey Company’. ‘The Hershey’s Company’ has impacted the world, because they made the first affordable chocolate bar.

First off chocolate has been around for thousands of years, but it was not truly effected until 1894 and that was when Milton S. Hershey started ‘The Hershey Company’. “The cacao tree was cultivated more than 3,000 years ago by the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples, who prepared a beverage from its fruit, the cocoa bean (sometimes using it as a ceremonial drink) and also used the bean as a currency. The Maya considered chocolate to be the food of the gods, held the cacao tree to be sacred, and even buried dignitaries with bowls of the substance (along with other items deemed useful in the afterlife).” (“Cocoa”). Chocolate has been a big deal since it was considered food from the Gods in the beginning. “[Around the 1893 Milton S. Hershey decided to go into the chocolate business after

“Under the guidance of Milton Hershey—who remained with the company until shortly before his death in 1945—the product line steadily expanded, with the introduction of Kisses (large morsels) in 1907, Milk Chocolate with Almonds in 1908, Mr. Goodbar (with peanuts) in 1925, and Krackel (with crisped rice) in 1938. Hershey contributed to the World War II war effort with Field Ration D, an emergency nutrition bar that did not melt in tropical heat and was intentionally not tasty enough to tempt soldiers to eat it as a snack.” (“Hershey Company”). The Hershey Company is may not seem like a big deal, but to everyone then thought otherwise, because this was the period ‘The Great Depression’. After the death of Milton S. Hershey the company wanted to keep his company valued and keep the companies