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REESE Canada brings ASMR to the masses in first ever feature-length ASMR film: REESE The Movie: A Movie About REESE

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Monday, May 13, 2019
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The REESE Peanut Butter Cup will star alongside five of ASMR's biggest artists in the first ever feature-length ASMR film, REESE The Movie: A Movie About REESE.

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  • The REESE Peanut Butter Cup will star alongside five of ASMR's biggest artists in the first ever feature-length ASMR film, REESE The Movie: A Movie About REESE.
  • "It's this uniquely methodical and mindful approach to eating the REESE Peanut Butter Cup that helped the Hershey Canada team coin the "REESE Ritual".
  • But it also opened the door to parallels between eating the REESE Peanut Butter Cup and ASMR.
  • REESE The Movie: A Movie About REESE, is a fresh take on the typical ASMR video found on YouTube.

Leaders in Consumer Goods Manufacturing and Retail Join Benson Hill

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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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"Benson Hill has coupled advances in AI and genomics to help companies develop crop solutions for more healthy and sustainable food products.

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  • "Benson Hill has coupled advances in AI and genomics to help companies develop crop solutions for more healthy and sustainable food products.
  • Michelle Gloeckler has extensive experience in retail and consumer goods with leadership roles at Walmart, where she led their health and wellness unit as well as its US Manufacturing initiative, and The Hershey Company.
  • "Partnering with Benson Hill gives food companies and retailers an expanded ability to develop better products by starting with the best ingredients.
  • Benson Hill empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients.

Koskie Minsky LLP Brings Class Action against Hershey Chocolate Company for using Child Labour and Slavery in Manufacture of Popular Chocolate Bars

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Friday, December 28, 2018
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TORONTO, Dec. 28, 2018 /CNW/ -Koskie Minsky LLP has commenced a class action against the Hershey Chocolate Company on behalf of consumers who unwittingly purchased chocolate bars that were made using child labour and slavery.

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  • TORONTO, Dec. 28, 2018 /CNW/ -Koskie Minsky LLP has commenced a class action against the Hershey Chocolate Company on behalf of consumers who unwittingly purchased chocolate bars that were made using child labour and slavery.
  • Hershey is the manufacturer of well-known chocolate bars such as Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Skor, Oh Henry!
  • The statement of claim alleges that slavery and child labour is used to produce the cocoa in these popular treats.
  • It is well documented that cocoa production in that country uses slave labour, child labour, child slaves and trafficked children.

Hershey Trust Company Elects Three New Directors And Managers

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Thursday, December 13, 2018
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HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Hershey Trust Company announced today it has expanded its Board and the Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School with the recent election of three new Directors/Managers: Cordel Robbin-Coker, Amy Marsh and Dan Katzir.

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  • HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Hershey Trust Company announced today it has expanded its Board and the Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School with the recent election of three new Directors/Managers: Cordel Robbin-Coker, Amy Marsh and Dan Katzir.
  • "We are thrilled that Cordel, Amy and Dan are joining the Board at Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School, and we look forward to working closely with them to ensure the best interests of the organizations continue to be thoughtfully represented," said Robert Heist, Chairman of the Board at Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School.
  • "Each of these outstanding people brings a level of expertise that will further advance the Trust Company and School's mission."
  • Hershey Trust Company also announced the re-election of Robert Heist as Chairman of the Board of the Trust Company and Board of Managers of Milton Hershey School.

Milton Hershey School Community Celebrates 100 Years of Founders' Gift to School

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Monday, November 5, 2018
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HERSHEY, Pa., Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- During the month of November, the Milton Hershey School community will celebrate a big milestone100 years since its founder Milton Hershey gifted his fortune to the school.

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  • HERSHEY, Pa., Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- During the month of November, the Milton Hershey School community will celebrate a big milestone100 years since its founder Milton Hershey gifted his fortune to the school.
  • Hershey placed 5,000 shares of equity stock in the Hershey Chocolate Company (now the Hershey Company) in a trust fund for the school.
  • His gift ensured the well-being and future of Milton Hershey School in perpetuity.
  • "The media did not publicize Milton Hershey's gift until five years later," said MHS School Historian Susan Alger.

Hershey's Melting the Distance Between People, One Chocolate Bar at a Time

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Thursday, September 13, 2018
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To date, he has given out nearly 6,000 XL Hershey's Milk Chocolate Barsto his community.

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  • To date, he has given out nearly 6,000 XL Hershey's Milk Chocolate Barsto his community.
  • To do so, they stocked up on Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars, attached notes and gave them out around campus.
  • In Newville, PA, the student council at Big Spring High School banded together to hand out chocolate Kisses during finals last semester.
  • In Brooklyn Park, MN, the Brooklyn Park Police Department shared Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars to bring cheer to their community.