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Hershey: Raise the Bar, be a leader in responsible chocolate
Hershey: Raise the Bar ^

Posted on 07/23/2011 7:16:40 PM PDT by Coleus

It’s time for Hershey to be a leader in responsible chocolate and shift toward Fair Trade Certified cocoa!

Take action this summer! Tell Hershey: We Want More from our S’mores! Check out our NEW s’mores video action!


On June 8th we were in New York City for a rally at the Hershey store in Times Square! Read about the event here.

Click here to see all the pictures from the Rally in Times Square. Even more photographs are available online here. Check out videos from the rally here!

Almost ten years since chocolate companies committed to ending child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in their cocoa supply chains, these egregious labor rights abuses continue. While many chocolate companies have taken steps to trace their cocoa purchasing and implement labor rights standards among their suppliers, the Hershey Company lags behind its competitors. Hershey has no policies in place to trace its cocoa and protect workers.

Read the REAL Corporate Social Responsibility report for the Hershey Company.

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I never heard of this campaign. Hershey is on sale in my local supermarket this week so I will buy some extra bars to infuriate some socialists.

There were petitions about this campaign in the back of my church, I will have to inform my pastor that it's supported by left-wing, progressive organizations that support abortion while at the same time save trees.

1 posted on 07/23/2011 7:16:41 PM PDT by Coleus
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To: Coleus

Hersheys uses cocoa? Who knew?


2 posted on 07/23/2011 7:20:09 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Coleus

I find that a chocolate bar b4 bedtime results in awesome dream colors.


3 posted on 07/23/2011 7:20:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Coleus

Are there any Hershey factories still open in the USA?


4 posted on 07/23/2011 7:22:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Coleus
I tried to trace my cocoa once, but I ended up with lead poisoning from the pencil.

There are only two Chocolate Syrups worth a darn, Hersheys and U-Bet. U-Bet costs twice as much, so I use it sparingly.

I am getting so tired of these Envirowack Social Justice types.

5 posted on 07/23/2011 7:24:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Would you rather live in Obamaville or Palintown?)
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To: Coleus
Most cocoa comes from Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast just had a civil war.
The guy who came out on top is a former IMF official and (I believe) is supported by Barack Obama.

This little political stunt couldn't possibly be a way to squeeze concessions from Hershey in order to enrich an African dictatorship -- could it?

6 posted on 07/23/2011 7:25:06 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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>> The West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire alone grows 40%...

Uh, that’s the “Ivory Coast” to those of us who speak English, you lefty simps.


7 posted on 07/23/2011 7:25:24 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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Child labor?

Hell ... kids eat it for free.

If they could pack boxes and eat all the chocolate they could for free, is that unfair?

(Not to a kid)

8 posted on 07/23/2011 7:26:30 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: cripplecreek

Probably, but you won’t find any using sugar.


9 posted on 07/23/2011 7:29:59 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: knarf

What’s overlooked with the knee jerk reactions about child labor is the fact that its often child labor or starvation.

Not saying that child labor is a good thing but sometimes its the best option.


10 posted on 07/23/2011 7:30:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Coleus

Where’s the campaign to make Hershey not suck? That’s the bar they need to raise.


11 posted on 07/23/2011 7:32:26 PM PDT by discostu (keep on keeping on)
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“Are there any Hershey factories still open in the USA?”

Funny you should ask. They bailed on their Modesto California plant that made kisses, and moved the jobs to Mexico. Look closely at the labels if you wish to avoid Mexican candies.


12 posted on 07/23/2011 7:36:37 PM PDT by at bay ("We were all in agreeance of that."--slutmom jury foreman, Larry Mokirlyjo)
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To: at bay

All I can find in the USA is a demo plant that runs as a tourist attraction in California.


13 posted on 07/23/2011 7:38:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Coleus

My oldest has been asking for some sort of chocolate candy for the past few weeks. I, of course, have been telling him to save his money and buy himself some chocolate. I guess I’ll have to become the middle man between the store and my kid’s craving.


14 posted on 07/23/2011 7:42:48 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: cripplecreek
Lefties never seem to grasp that.

I remember some years ago in some Asian country, the people worked on banana plantations (or something) a terrible existence. Backbreaking work. Early death. Of course, no one ever heard about it: no one cared, certainly not the Left.

Then, Reebok moved in and built factories. People there had an opportunity to leave the plantations and work in factories making expensive shoes for the American market. Workers flocked in - finally! A better life! No more slaving away in the hot sun on the banana plantation!

Well, the Lefties eventually found out that Reebok was paying people something like $2 a day and demanded that the factories of the evil capitalists be shut down.

Ummmmmmmm ... way to condemn people back into a life of slavery. I don't think they succeeded, but they sure thought it was a noble goal.

15 posted on 07/23/2011 7:43:55 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: Coleus

I want Hershey bars to taste the way they used to taste. I’ll pay more. Whatever they’ve changed has diluted the rich flavor and texture.


16 posted on 07/23/2011 7:49:20 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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Yeah. We want to pay more for our chocolate bars because we’re stupid demwits without a clue of what the world is all about.


17 posted on 07/23/2011 7:55:12 PM PDT by Rembrandt (.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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Uh, folks...?
I have seen the UNIONS blocking allowing Hershey to pay realistic wages here in Hershey several years ago.

They wanted every worker to be paid in excess of market wages. NO jobs for High School kids who want to push the broom in the factory at market wage!

Only Union workers to be allowed with a Health Care plan and outrageous benefits. Screw the unions, I saw them close the Cat plant in York to “protect” union jobs?!?

They left York. And now those jobs have left/are leaving the U.S.

Good job unions. I know one of the union goons and he shrugged his shoulders and smiled...”Oh well!” he said when I mentioned Cat and Hershey and the lose of those jobs.

The unions do not care about the workers... just the union and they are the reason we lost Hershey... and CAT.

It is the UNIONS who are to blame!!!!

18 posted on 07/23/2011 8:14:40 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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Fair trade in a nutshell...
If a worker in a cacao producing country makes 50 units, and suppliers to American companies pay them 75, but American workers would get 300, then the fair trade demand is for 300

Never mind that the workers get a 50% rise in pay.

Loser logic, but they have already got Starbucks playing that game, as well as many other high priced discretionary items.

I switch to the non-fair trade alternatives as soon as I can.
If you find alternatives for a third less, that tastes just as good, you've found the substitute.

19 posted on 07/23/2011 8:30:12 PM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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Hubby brought home fair trade honey. I nearly smacked him.

I swear, I have this image in my head of some dirty third world wretch squeezing the honeycomb with their dirty bare hand. Blech!!

I loath the whole “fair trade” trade. So, capitalism bad - fair trade good? Bull.


20 posted on 07/23/2011 8:51:39 PM PDT by Ladysforest
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