Thank you for contacting The Hershey Company

[Omaha Steve]

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As you may well know Hershey Foods is eliminating many jobs in the U.S. and sending them out of the country. I wrote a letter asking them due to the outsourcing of U.S. jobs if they would be using country of origin labeling on their products. Here is the repsonse I recieved from them.

Thank you for contacting The Hershey Company.

Our history in the town goes back more than 100 years, and we are committed to continue making the world’s best chocolate products in Hershey, Pennsylvania. In fact, the company operates - and will continue to operate - three factories in Hershey.

The Hershey Company is making changes to our global manufacturing network to ensure that our company remains competitive in the global marketplace for the long-term. When these changes are completed, 90 percent of the items that Hershey sells in the United States and Canada will continue to be made in these countries. And we will continue to make Hershey’s milk chocolate bars, Hershey’s Kisses and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

We have a strict policy, that if any products are made outside of the USA and Canada, the name of the country of origin will be marked on the package.


Your interest in our company is appreciated.


SaLoua Iouani
Consumer Representative