Hershey Sweetening Lives

[psalmsmith]

Yeah -- Hershey's only cares about underprivileged kids in the USA -- if they are in Africa however, the policy is: steal em from their parents, sell them to a slaver for $80, and then make em pick cocoa beans until they die. :-( Do't take my word for it, Google it yourself. It's a matter of public record. :-( Folks, please buy slavery-free (free trade, and organic) chocolate until Hershey's reforms their business practices. You may save the life of a child!

[CivilRadiant]

too bad the coco beans for their chocolate come from child slaves...

[psalmsmith]

@CivilRadiant I am certain that if Milton Hershey knew what the company was doing with their business on the Ivory Coast today, he'd be rolling in his grave. I have to believe that Milton himself sincerely wanted to do right by the world, but that it was those who came after him who would put 4 cents on the dollar worth of savings over the lives of thousands of enslaved children every year.

[Canawiwi]

first lol