https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp Tracking the Manufacturing, Raw resources, and Sales of the Hershey Company. en-us 2017-05-12 17:37:06 UTC 2025-09-29 16:16:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 21schanusm https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171549021 The Hershey company gets most of it cocoa from West Africa, and other places such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote D'ivoire. The cocoa serves as a major material needed to mass produce chocolate bars, and other candy.]]> 2017-05-12 17:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171549021 21schanusm https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171549179 There is a Hershey factory in Sao Roque, Brazil, one in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and one in Guadalajara, Mexico.]]> 2017-05-12 17:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171549179 21schanusm https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171549210 Hershey bars are sold in over 60 countries that include Greater China(Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.)the Philippines, Mexico, and India.]]> 2017-05-12 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171549210 21schanusm https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171912712 The average cocoa grower in West Africa is payed about 6.6 percent of a single chocolate bar. Though that may seem small to some this has a real life effect in increasing the yields of farmers all along West Africa. In 1992 the average percentage of movement in jobs has grown from 40% to 50% in 2002 due to an increase in agricultural activity throughout the region. ]]> 2017-05-15 17:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171912712 21schanusm https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171914375 People in West Africa are using outdated farming methods and with the help of the Hershey company they can make more money to support their families and themselves.]]> 2017-05-15 18:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/21schanusm/u1unzkk1jxzp/wish/171914375