History - Hershey's® Ice Cream (2024)

FAQs

Is Hershey ice cream not owned by Hershey? ›

Hershey Creamery Company has no connection to the Hershey Company, a candy manufacturer, though both companies were founded in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the same year. The companies have had a tumultuous relationship marked by multiple lawsuits over trademark issues.

The Hershey Creamery Company was founded in 1894 by Jacob Hershey and his four brothers: Isaac, Paris, Ephraim and Eli Hershey (no relation to Milton S. Hershey of the Hershey Company).

We have a long history of success! In 1894 on a small farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Jacob Hershey and his four brothers began a journey that continues to this day. For over 125 years, Hershey's^® Ice Cream has been enjoyed by millions of people that want quality, premium ice cream products.

No, we are not affiliated with Hershey's Chocolate. While both companies were started by men with the same last name, there is no relation.

M&M's are the flagship product of the Mars Wrigley Confectionery division of Mars, Incorporated.

The Hershey Company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 as the Hershey Chocolate Company, originally established as a subsidiary of his Lancaster Caramel Company. The Hershey Trust Company owns a minority stake but retains a majority of the voting power within the company.

Early life. Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, to Henry and Veronica "Fanny" (née Snavely) Hershey. Of Swiss and German descent, his family were members of Pennsylvania's Mennonite community, and he grew up speaking Pennsylvania Dutch.

Though Milton's mother was a staunch member of the Reformed Mennonite Church and wore plain clothes and a bonnet throughout her life, formal religion was never a part of Milton Hershey's life. When he was asked once what his religion was, he is said to have replied, “The Golden Rule.”

Born September 13, 1857 on a farm near Derry Church, a small Pennsylvania community, Milton Hershey was the only surviving child of Fannie and Henry Hershey. His mother raised him in the strict discipline of the Mennonite faith.

A fifth-generation family business in Philadelphia, Bassetts Ice Cream is proudly known as America's oldest ice cream company.

What is the oldest ice cream flavor? ›

According to the International Dairy Foods Association, the ancient famed Greek conqueror Alexander the Great was fond of a dessert made with snow and laced with nectar and honey, making it the first-ever official flavor of ice cream, though one we wouldn't necessarily expect.

The oldest ice cream maker and parlor in America is Bassets in Philadelphia. Quaker school teacher and farmer, Lewis Dubois Bassett started making ice cream in his backyard with a mule-powered butter churn in 1861.

What's not subjective is the fact that butyric acid is found in milk, which is in Hershey's chocolate, and that butyric acid can create notes of sourness and tang — which, yes, some sensitive tasters, or those used to European chocolate, could feel is reminiscent of vomit ...

Hershey is its own company, and it's one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. However, Nestlé is a major player in the food and beverage industry, with a diverse portfolio that includes chocolate products among many others.

Another possibility is that “kiss” was a common confectionery term at the time to refer to a small piece of candy, and Milton Hershey was smart enough to file for a trademark for the name of his product, “HERSHEY'S KISSES,” in 1921. Milton Hershey introduced his famous KISSES confection in 1907.

The Hershey Company does not own Cadbury Schweppes.

The Hershey Company supplied Reese with the chocolate coating for his candy and eventually purchased his business in 1963. We rank his invention pretty high on the list of modern marvels. So much so, in fact, that we also sell it in every non-edible form of fandom you can imagine.

The park was founded in 1906, by Milton S. Hershey as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company. It is wholly and privately owned by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company.

Donald Smith and a group of investors from Tennessee Restaurant Company (TRC) purchases Friendly from Hershey Foods Corporation.