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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.
Milton S. Hershey installed the chocolate machinery in his Lancaster factory and produced the first American-made milk chocolate bar in 1900. During this decade over 220 products were introduced, including manufacture of the first chocolate Easter egg in UK in 1873 and the Fry's Turkish Delight in 1914.