02/26/07 A "Kiss"Good-by

I have always considered the Hershey kiss about as American as apple pie. In fact I even sent a couple of bags to my boys this pass Valentines day. Well, next year the dynamic duo will be getting a box of Sees instead of kisses. In what I find a disturbing trend, the largest North American manufacture of quality chocolates with revenues of nearly 5 billion, and the ability to provide 13,000 jobs for Americans is jumping ship and moving the majority of it's operation to Monterey Mexico. While the Hershey's corporation pacifies the apathetic public with a perky press release that sounds like it was written by Al Gore citing a "global supply chain transformation" as a reason to reduce 1500 US jobs within the next three years. I am so tired of anything "global" at the expense of America. In plain English Hershey's is selling out the country that made them a success. So in patriotic fashion Hershey's needs to learn the value of almighty dollar. I for one will be giving Hershey's a "Kiss" good-buy.