Milton Hershey's chocolate factory, with its iconic double smokestack, is closing soon in downtown Hershey, Pennsylvania.
According to a National Public Radio report, Hershey's chocolate bars will still be made nearby, in a newer facility outside of town that better accommodates modern manufacturing equipment. The company says global competition is the reason the factory will be shuttered, with 500 jobs lost in the process.
When Hershey built his factory, he followed the lead of British chocolate-maker Cadbury in building housing, community centers and even an amusement park for the chocolate company's employees.
But in the century since the company was founded, Hershey, Pennsylvania, has become more than a factory town. Its Hersheypark theme park now caters to tourists, and hotels and resorts have sprung up around it.
For decades, visitors to "America's chocolate center" toured the original factory at the corner of Chocolate and Cocoa avenues along with their visit to Hersheypark.
Today, the factory tours have been replaced by a 10-minute ride at Hershey's Chocolate World that shows the chocolate-making process in a more visitor-friendly environment. But a monorail ride at Hersheypark still passes the original factory, with a voice-over describing it as "the world's largest chocolate factory."
According to a National Public Radio report, Hershey's chocolate bars will still be made nearby, in a newer facility outside of town that better accommodates modern manufacturing equipment. The company says global competition is the reason the factory will be shuttered, with 500 jobs lost in the process.
When Hershey built his factory, he followed the lead of British chocolate-maker Cadbury in building housing, community centers and even an amusement park for the chocolate company's employees.
But in the century since the company was founded, Hershey, Pennsylvania, has become more than a factory town. Its Hersheypark theme park now caters to tourists, and hotels and resorts have sprung up around it.
For decades, visitors to "America's chocolate center" toured the original factory at the corner of Chocolate and Cocoa avenues along with their visit to Hersheypark.
Today, the factory tours have been replaced by a 10-minute ride at Hershey's Chocolate World that shows the chocolate-making process in a more visitor-friendly environment. But a monorail ride at Hersheypark still passes the original factory, with a voice-over describing it as "the world's largest chocolate factory."
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