PRINTER'S NO. 3215
No. 252 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY TULLI, MARSICO, PICCOLA, ZUG, BUXTON, NAILOR,
VANCE, MASLAND, EGOLF, FICHTER, RUDY, DEMPSEY, MARKOSEK,
MELIO, DENT, SANTONI, SAYLOR, LESCOVITZ, PESCI, PETTIT,
BEBKO-JONES, HENNESSEY, CESSAR, SCHULER, E. Z. TAYLOR,
STURLA, GRUPPO, ARMSTRONG, TRUE, LYNCH, HERSHEY, HESS, KREBS,
COY, FARMER, ROONEY, ROBERTS, KING, STERN, BAKER, ARGALL,
MAITLAND, GANNON, PHILLIPS, GIGLIOTTI, WILLIAMS, LAUGHLIN,
SATHER, DERMODY, KELLER, FARGO, DRUCE, FLEAGLE, PLATTS,
RUBLEY, FAJT, BATTISTO, L. I. COHEN, PISTELLA, PITTS,
B. SMITH, M. N. WRIGHT, TOMLINSON, CONTI, STEIL, SERAFINI,
CAWLEY, CORRIGAN, CURRY, WAUGH, FEE, GEORGE, BELARDI, FLICK,
STRITTMATTER, MANDERINO AND D. R. WRIGHT, FEBRUARY 8, 1994
ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 8, 1994
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating Hershey Foods Corporation, a great American
2 tradition, on its 100th Anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, On February 9, 1994, Hershey Foods Corporation will
4 kick off a yearlong celebration of its 100th Anniversary; and
5 WHEREAS, Hershey Foods Corporation, headquartered in Hershey,
6 Pennsylvania, a leading North American producer of chocolate,
7 confectionery, grocery and pasta products, was established in
8 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1894 by Milton Snavely Hershey under
9 the name of Hershey Chocolate Company. The name was changed in
10 1968 to Hershey Foods Corporation to reflect the company's
11 expanding product line; and
12 WHEREAS, Hershey Chocolate U.S.A., the corporation's largest
13 division, produces traditional American favorites, including
1 Hershey's milk chocolate bar and Hershey's milk chocolate bar
2 with almonds, Hershey's Kisses and Hershey's Kisses with Almonds
3 chocolates, Hershey's cocoa, baking chocolate and syrup, Reese's
4 peanut butter cups, Kit Kat wafer bars, Cadbury's products,
5 Almond Joy candy bar, Mounds candy bar, York peppermint pattie
6 and Twizzlers candy. Newer products include Hershey's Cookies
7 'n' Mint chocolate bar, Amazin' Fruit gummy bears, Hershey's
8 Hugs and Hershey's Hugs with Almonds chocolates and Reese's
9 peanut butter in a jar; and
10 WHEREAS, The products of Hershey Foods Corporation, its
11 subsidiaries and licensees are distributed and exported to
12 approximately 65 countries around the world. The company employs
13 nearly 14,000 people and has licensees or manufacturing
14 operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan,
15 Korea, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium; and
16 WHEREAS, The Hershey, Pennsylvania Plant of Hershey Chocolate
17 U.S.A. is the largest chocolate and confectionery manufacturing
18 facility in the world, with more than 2 million square feet of
19 floor space; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend its
21 congratulations and best wishes to Hershey Foods Corporation on
22 the celebration of its 100th Anniversary.
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