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For the ice cream company also known as Hershey's, see Hershey Creamery Company. For other uses, see Hershey's. The Hershey Company, known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey's, is one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in North America. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is also home to Hershey's Chocolate World.
The story of Hersheyâs Chocolate begins with Milton S. Hershey. Raised as a poor farm boy, Hershey became fascinated with chocolate-making at the 1893 Worldâs Columbian Exposition. Hershey founded the Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894, and built the worldâs largest chocolate factory in 1903.