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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:12 PM Original message |
Hershey to raise candy prices nearly 10 percent |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. $2 billion on Easter candy annually? I say it's time we changed |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Hey, let's not get carried away. |
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titaniumsalute (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I love Candy |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. So moving hundreds of jobs from PA to Mexico several years ago wasn't profitable enough? n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Also hundreds of jobs from Canada |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's the second shoe dropping, first we move the jobs away, then we increase prices. n/t |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. And did the prices for Hershey products ever drop after the jobs left? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Nope, never was, it's always been a loser. It just allowed the big players to |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. my thoughts exactly, fug em. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can do without it ... n/t |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. But it is called Hershey while much is now made in Mexico |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Gulf SeaFood... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Don't care. I haven't bought Hershey's chocolate in more than a decade. |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I thought the same thing |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. They changed.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. +1 They changed, not you. |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm still pissed at them for moving production to Mexico. Hope it all melts. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. "The Chocolate Meltdown" ... coming to your local theater soon! LOL n/t |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well you know with gas prices today it is more expensive on the Hershey highway |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I'm sure you understand about skid marks.... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. The only thing of Hershey's I've liked in years, |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good luck with that. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. You've heard about the Ivory Coast? Where 40% of... |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. Meh, I don't buy candy anyway. |
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shockra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hershey's contains GMOs. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And GMOs are not good for us. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. genetically-modified organisms Ugh. Boycott companies that give US customers worse |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hershey bars today are thin, stale, brittle and nearly flavorless. Save your money. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
29. Have to make the shareholders happy. |
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