Good to hear .. it just wouldn't be the same of we lost Hershey
Once again emotional sentimentalism wins over common good business sense. It only delays the inevitable. The fact is that producing candies in the US is becoming an expensive proposition and companies like Hershey are having a hard time competing against cheaper labor and production costs from abroad.
Politics interfered with a rational business decision and people who are not owners and have no direct stake in the turnout stuck their noses where they did not belong.
The people of Hershey had better retrain for another profession because all they did was postpone the inevitable closing of yet another buggy whip company. At the same time the trust will find that the value of their assets will drop down dramatically over the next couple of years and then they won't be able to give the company away.
I'm not too far from Hershey and it is a thriving town that is completely relying on the Jobs at Hershey park and the tourism it brings to the area. Many of the restaurants and hotels and other supporting businesses would go belly up without Hershey.
Three cheers for the locals og Hershey Park, Penn.