Hershey Co. closing Peppermint Patty plant in Pa.

Thank god our legislator's passed that stimulus package, eh? Ain't NAFTA great?

I heard about this a few months ago - and haven't bought a hershey product since. I invite all patriots to join me in boycotting companies that move out of the country. It is really quite satisfying to know that you aren't sending money outside the U.S.

Guess I won't be buying peppermint patties anymore. Let's hear a big cheer for NAFTA.

Anyone that buys anything made by Hershey's is nuts! Everything their bean counters have touched over the past 20 or so years has cost U.S. workers their jobs.

I can't remember the last time I bought anything made by Hersheys. You need to look closely at their packaging as they do not print on their labels where or what the country of origin is that made their product(s). The package is simply marked "Mfd. by The Hershey Company"; a really sneaky way of hiding the fact that more and more of their products are made overseas OR in Mexico.

Milton Hershey has probably rolled over that many times in his grave that the coffin is worn out! Send a message; boycott their products. There are other chocolate products out there that are still made in the U.S. and are as good as their crap.

FRANK wrote:

I heard about this a few months ago - and haven't bought a hershey product since. I invite all patriots to join me in boycotting companies that move out of the country. It is really quite satisfying to know that you aren't sending money outside the U.S.

If people knew the flow of money in so called "American Corporations" I think there would be a whole lot of boycotting going on. Even companies like Giant Foods who is whole is owned by a Scandinavian corporation, you buy there and you support the out of country company. People have little regard to what takes a minute to either investigate or think about.

It's the Wal-Mart mentality of the world and the people that are really getting shafted are the very countries that support the world in themselves. They actually sell Hershey's candy here in the Philippines but like you, I basically won't buy it anymore just to prove a point to myself (though I'm positive they could give a sh!t less)

FRANK wrote:

I heard about this a few months ago - and haven't bought a hershey product since. I invite all patriots to join me in boycotting companies that move out of the country. It is really quite satisfying to know that you aren't sending money outside the U.S.

Frank will be starved, and running around naked in about two months. He must not realize who owns what in the United States also.

Yessss but the MR GOODBAR has extra nutrition/protein in it, WORMS. Saw a clip somewhere on one of the news stations, YUCK. LOL must be exotic worms from a different country. And now you know what the secret ingredient is...LOL.

Living In Margaritaville wrote:

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If people knew the flow of money in so called "American Corporations" I think there would be a whole lot of boycotting going on. Even companies like Giant Foods who is whole is owned by a Scandinavian corporation, you buy there and you support the out of country company. People have little regard to what takes a minute to either investigate or think about.
It's the Wal-Mart mentality of the world and the people that are really getting shafted are the very countries that support the world in themselves. They actually sell Hershey's candy here in the Philippines but like you, I basically won't buy it anymore just to prove a point to myself (though I'm positive they could give a **** less)

Well said, but I don't recall any stories about e-coli contamination from Scandinavians taking dumps on our food during its processing.

Someone recently said that the FDA is not checking all the food grown or processed in America, much less the food from foreign sources. I guess they figure that they will know if anything is contaminated once people start getting sick and dying. The same source mentioned that one way to ensure that you are eating American products, was to buy stuff labled "organic".

Justice wrote:

<quoted text> Frank will be starved, and running around naked in about two months. He must not realize who owns what in the United States also.

Interesting. Why not say more, so we can become more educated consumers?

Well,,,,,,,the fella from Chicago wanted to have another Boston Tea Party,,,,maybe they might want to include a peppermint patty party as well........Ladies and gentlemen,,,,,,,isn't this getting to be quite annoying watching our business's just up and move to other countries..What in the world is our elected officials doing about this...I have to wonder if they aren't sitting back and playing with their Peppermint Patties...

So who's going to hit on Charlie Brown now ?

If the Hershey Plant is moving to Mexico, I think that they should be boycotted. Let the Mexican's buy their products

Here is an old letter to the editor I found through GOOGLE, this is not old news,:

Hershey's, the great Mexican chocolate bar
—(April 10, 2007 4:05 PM)
Can you believe Hershey is moving thier plant to Mexico? I heard of companies moving south for cheaper labor ... but this is WAAAAY SOUTH!

The kids got some Hershey candy for Easter, and that will be the last time I ever buy ANY Hershey product! Milton Hershey was all about the employees. That is how Hersheypark got started. I wonder if they will open a Hersheypark in Mexico now. It is bad enough illegals are taking American jobs, but now GOOD American jobs are going to Mexico! It's a real slap in the face to the Hershey employees, and all Americans!

Please join me in boycotting and no longer purchasing anything from Hershey, and never go back to Hersheypark!

How long will it be before we hear about some e-coli contamination of hershey products from mexico?

This is what Obama meant by "CHANGE"

THE GREAT MEXICAN CHOCOLATE BAR...not quite the same ring to it!

FRANK wrote:

I heard about this a few months ago - and haven't bought a hershey product since. I invite all patriots to join me in boycotting companies that move out of the country. It is really quite satisfying to know that you aren't sending money outside the U.S.

Frank - don't eat at Burger King, it's owned by the British. Don't drink Capt. Morgan, Smirnoff, Cuervo, Bailey's, etc.- all owned by the British.

Don't drink Bud or any other Anheuser-Busch products - it's no longer a US company.

Don't shop at Food Lion - they're Belgian owned.

And finally, don't watch television - no TVs are made in the US anymore.

It just hit me like a ton of bricks.

Almost all economists concede free trade is good for America and we know much of our business these days is derived from selling our products to other countries. Case in point is Caterpillar, recently in the news.

And yet, we are upset that Hershey's is moving to Mexico under NAFTA. Why?

Here's my revelation: There is a huge difference between buying products from another company made in another country and buying American goods from an American company that merely moved south for cheaper labor costs. In other words, free trade is not intended to move companies out of America, but to buy and sell products actually produced in another country by that country's industry. I wouldn't have a problem with that.

Dave D wrote:

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Frank - don't eat at Burger King, it's owned by the British. Don't drink Capt. Morgan, Smirnoff, Cuervo, Bailey's, etc.- all owned by the British.
Don't drink Bud or any other Anheuser-Busch products - it's no longer a US company.
Don't shop at Food Lion - they're Belgian owned.
And finally, don't watch television - no TVs are made in the US anymore.

I get your point, but I don't recall any British companies trying to kill us with e-coli or some sort of poison.

Once again, we outsource jobs before they are created/replaced. YOU DO NOT NEED A HARVARD EDUCATION to know that if you move jobs, people don't get paid. No money, no pay mortgage, no buy things and on and on. Until we STOP unfair trade and outsourcing by the thousands, NO amount of money will work. If you feel after all these millions of jobs have been created you need to outsource a little, go for it. But, have a replacement before sending for about 8 years so we can catch up from the last 8 years of outsourcing with no replacement positions on top of all that we are loosing on a daily basis.