# Hershey's Chocolate for sale, or Mmm...choco-conglomerate...

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**Created:** [August 26, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-chocolate-for-sale-or-mmm-choco-conglomerate/125696 "2002-08-26T22:27:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-chocolate-for-sale-or-mmm-choco-conglomerate/125696/1 "2002-08-26T22:27:55Z")

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Hershey Foods Corp. has been [put up for sale.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20020826/bs_usatoday/4391228) The highest bidder so far: Swiss rival Nestlé, who’s ready to pay up to US$11.5 billion.

You can never have enough chocolate, I guess.