Wow. I had never heard of them before. There is (or was) a Fannie Farmer chocolate company in new england when i was a kid.
Posted on 02/25/2007 3:13:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
I remember visiting Hershey years ago when they actually allowed tours of the plant. They cut those tours out because of safety considerations.
I don't think they come here because of the plumbing. Unsafe water isn't so good. I mentioned corruption. Many of them seem to live in shanties with no screens or windows, just a hole. I just wonder if they know how much more everything costs here relative to the low wages they are willing to work for. Somehow they seem to manage. They keep coming. Something else is driving this besides just the "American dream."
Which is what people want. It is because it, and other stuff like it goes on for decades. Therefor it has the support of the American people.
No, as the article says that is the lowest pay. If people are complaining about losing their jobs there the pay must be more than adequate. I'm sure that the dollar figures quoted don't include any of the benefits.
Wow. I had never heard of them before. There is (or was) a Fannie Farmer chocolate company in new england when i was a kid.
Sure. Look on the label: Mfd. by The Hershey Company Under License from Cadbury Ltd.
:^) It definitely has a better taste -- not gritty.
I mentioned plumbing, because it is a convenience, and who wouldn't be for another convenience. They know that the cost of living is higher here, but come anyway, because the quality of life is better. The wages may be low, but when there are more than the lawful occupancy sharing the rent, it doesn't mean much. They can still party. And we keep making it easier for them. Credit cards, bank accounts, free wire transfers, mortgages, car loans, translators, education for their kids, health care, etc. all in Spanish.
Suger growers? Unionized? Anything to support that?
We get the runs from eating their vegetables and now they want to make chocolate? No thanks.
That was a fair assessment of my line of thinking...
You can still view the how it is made by going to Chocolate World.
Do you make a distinction between unions and lobbying groups and other professional organizations, such as a grange?
Mexican Coke goes for about a dollar a single serve bottle; you can get 2 liters of domestic for the same price. The domestic is made with corn syrup, you have a shot at real sugar in the Mexican version - in short, Mexican Coke is real Coke, 'classic Coke' is not.
I know. I have visited Chocolate World but I enjoyed the plant tours more.
$15.20 to push a broom... and they wonder why they are losing their jobs!!!
"Ummm...hey...I got six extra almonds in my Hershey bar."
"Er...are you sure those are almonds?"
..."Do almonds have little feet and wings folded tightly against their backs?"
The United States job market and production capabilities are being sold out to foreign nations while we as a nation drink the Kool Aid. BTW looked at a Kool-Aid label lately? Yep we indeed now drinkng the Free Trade sell out the USA Kool Aid. All our elected friends in DC tell us it's good for us too. Yum yum. Tried the NWO globalist lemon flavor yet?
That said, we shouldn't put Mexicans over Americans when it comes to jobs..in this country.
I'm all for certain industries setting up new operations in Mexico. I don't think anyone in little ole Hershey PA EVER thought their jobs would head down South. It's just not right.
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There used to be a Fannie Farmer factory and outlet store in Clarksville, VA. It's closed.
Personally I prefer Cadbury chocolate, so the only Hershey's I ever buy is plain bars for the occasional summertime S'more. We send Kisses to some friends in England at Christmas, they say they remind them of Christmas parcels my parents sent to them in the 50's when rationing was still on. Who can figure what will trigger Nostalgia. :) I dwvwloped my fondness for Cadbury the same way from Christmas parcels they sent us in the 60's.
I did like the toasted coconut that Fannie Farmer made, can't say I ever had a Trinidad. I've always made my own chocolate covered candied fruits and peels.
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