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Hershey debuts plant-based Reese’s Cups, chocolate bars
The Associated Press ^ | March 7, 2023 | By DEE-ANN DURBIN

Posted on 03/07/2023 7:25:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment.

The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, will follow in April.

The chocolates are made with oats instead of milk, Hershey said.

Hershey has experimented with vegan chocolate before. It sold an oat-based chocolate bar called Oat Made in some test markets starting in 2021. But the new products will be the first sold throughout the U.S. under the “Plant Based” label.

Hershey said consumers want choice and are looking for products they consider healthier or with fewer ingredients, including reduced sugar and plant-based options. Hershey also introduced an organic version of Reese’s Cups in February 2021.

Younger consumers, in particular, are looking to reduce consumption of animal-based products, says Euromonitor, a market research firm. In a 2021 survey, Euromonitor found that 54% of Generation Z consumers were restricting animal-based products from their diets, compared to 34% of Baby Boomers.

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1 posted on 03/07/2023 7:25:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

First the “Her She” advertisement debacle, and now this.


2 posted on 03/07/2023 7:26:50 AM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What animals do chocolate and peanut butter come from?


3 posted on 03/07/2023 7:26:54 AM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How can they plant-base something that’s already plant-based?


4 posted on 03/07/2023 7:27:28 AM PST by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: Jonty30

What animals does milk come from?


5 posted on 03/07/2023 7:28:06 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Being lactose intolerant, I might try these.


6 posted on 03/07/2023 7:28:13 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

WHAT!! They are taking all the meat out of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups???


7 posted on 03/07/2023 7:28:42 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Being bullshit intolerant, I will henceforth avoid Hershey’s products in general.


8 posted on 03/07/2023 7:28:48 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

HerShees has gone full retard. Everyone knows you never go full retard.


9 posted on 03/07/2023 7:29:01 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Jonty30
What animals do chocolate and peanut butter come from?

The Wooly Chocobeast and the Southern Tawny Winged Peebe.

10 posted on 03/07/2023 7:31:19 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Whats next?


11 posted on 03/07/2023 7:32:00 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Plant based??? Bawaha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Cocoa beans are plant based!!

Idiots! What would Milton S. Hershey say????
They’re making a mockery outta this company!


12 posted on 03/07/2023 7:32:05 AM PST by bantam
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The labeling is strange. Of course cocoa comes from plants but the focus is on the milk. These seem to be non-diary or vegan. Those who have problems with milk may like these. I guess the branding also appeals to the leftists.


13 posted on 03/07/2023 7:34:43 AM PST by plain talk
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To: Jonty30
What animals do chocolate and peanut butter come from?

The milk from cows. More wokism, since vegan is a very small market.

14 posted on 03/07/2023 7:37:31 AM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

I’d say you should feel right at home in a blue state.


15 posted on 03/07/2023 7:37:45 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Racing towards the cliff, in overdrive!


16 posted on 03/07/2023 7:38:41 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a way to finish destroying your brand!


17 posted on 03/07/2023 7:40:06 AM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

New! Improved! With extra sawdust and insect paste.


18 posted on 03/07/2023 7:41:17 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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Yes


19 posted on 03/07/2023 7:41:18 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I quit buying Hershey anything with the tranny spectacle. Added to the list of companies that I won’t do business with. That list is growing, yet I miss them not.


20 posted on 03/07/2023 7:41:21 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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