Milton S. Hershey‚ the founder of the giant chocolate manufacturing firm bearing his name‚ tried a number of different ventures before eventually succeeding in the chocolate business. In his early years‚ Milton enjoyed his apprenticeship as a candy maker for Joseph H. Royer‚ a confectioner. At the age of 19‚ Hershey decided to go into the candy business for himself. His venture in Philadelphia failed‚ as did efforts with his father. Back in Lancaster‚ Hershey began manufacturing caramels. The
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Milton Hershey was a man with an admirable amount of determination and a genuine spirit for those he employed. *Hershey has become a household name from the beginning. He has even built an entire town around his business. At the age of 14‚ only a year after dropping out of school‚ Milton expressed an interest in candy making and began an apprenticing with a master confectioner in Lancaster‚ PA. Four years later‚ Hershey borrowed $150 from his aunt to set up his own candy shop in Philadelphia. For
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To inform my audience about the life of Milton S. Hershey. Most people think Milton Hershey was just the maker of Hershey chocolate‚ but he has done much more. I. Milton Hershey opened his first candy business when he was only 18. A. He left school at the age of 14. 1. He became an apprentice to a candy maker and decided to set out on his own as a candy maker. B. He opened candy businesses in Philadelphia‚ New York‚ Denver‚ Chicago‚ and New Orleans. 1. He went bankrupt in both Philadelphia
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Milton Hershey was born September 13‚ 1857‚ in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. As a child‚ his family moved a lot as his father started several businesses across the United States. In eight years‚ he attended seven different schools. In 1871‚ Hershey was apprenticed to a local printer who published a German-English newspaper. The printing business was not a good match for Hershey’s given his likes‚ skills‚ and passions. Hershey’s mother helped him find another apprenticeship. It was with a local confectioner
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Milton Hershey was and still is one of the greatest chocolate makers of all time. He was the man who turned a bare patch of land into a thriving chocolate town and pulled everybody through the Great Depression. But‚ Hershey is best remembered to be the person who made chocolate popular in America and other parts of the world. Many people today know and purchase the infamous chocolate products that have been produced by the Hershey Factory‚ but some know about how the business became to be so successful
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Early on Milton Hershey had a rough start. He had faced many adversities before the age of eighteen. Milton was born on September 13‚ 1857 in Pennsylvania (Schuette 5). He was an only child for most of his life. Hershey had a younger sister who “contracted scarlet fever in 1867 and succumbed to complications accompanying that disease” (qtd. in Shuman). This left him the only children of Henry and Fanny (Ginzl). Hershey’s father aspired all his life to become rich some day. Most of his plans were
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Milton Hershey was once almost destined to be an ultimate failure but became someone successful beyond his wildest dreams. He was a poor boy from Pennsylvania‚ barely educated‚ with only his mother. Hershey loved candy‚ and he wanted to make it easier to get. He especially loved chocolate and had since his first taste in Europe. With hard work and determination‚ Milton Hershey‚ a generous philanthropist‚ will always be credited with the creation of the Hershey chocolate bar. Milton Hershey had a
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April 27‚ 2010 The Hershey Company Introduction Recent trends toward globalization have revolutionized the confectionary industry. Although Hershey’s has traditionally focused on the American domestic market‚ it has recently attempted to diversify into international markets. However‚ these attempts have been largely unsuccessful‚ and Hershey’s global market share has decreased over the past five years. Hershey’s failure to expand internationally stems from two misfits. Hershey faces an external
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The story of Milton Hershey demonstrates ‚ persistence and willingness to take risk in order to be successful is amazing. I’m going to give you all my reasons why it is to me and make you think it is too. How it first started is that he was into making carmel and he loved it but but wanted a change so he went and bought an BIG land and went to chocolate.In the late 1970s Mr. Hershey was the new hit. He wanted to be greater and successful and wanted to make something different like
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Milton S. Hershey failed three times before finding success in the candy business. He had refused to give up on his expedition to prosper in this particular market. Starting his failed businesses with a wide variety of candy‚ he then had success after making caramel a priority. That was until he discovered chocolate. The result was what you recognize as the Hershey Chocolate bar. The empire he built was based on one goal: to bring chocolate to everyone at an affordable price. Beginning his life
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