The word was out! In a small Lancaster County farmhouse in Pennsylvania the Hershey brothers were making the best ice cream available anywhere. They were faced with the problem of supplying the ever growing demand! Well, it didn't take long for that farmhouse to get pretty crowded with all that ice cream making paraphernalia! Harrisburg seemed a logical place to open a "real" manufacturing facility. It was centrally located, making the monumental job of delivering the perishable dessert just a little bit easier.

In those early days the ice cream was packed in metal lined wooden containers originally built by the Hershey brothers. The "route salesmen" packed ice around the containers to guarantee the freshness and quality of the ice cream, and set off on their daily delivery rounds to ice cream parlours around Central Pennsylvania.

Hershey's started then what has become tradition through the last ten decades: quality ice cream, superior service for the dealers and a real value for the consumers.

The Great Depression saw the birth of a new era. Hershey's became the first manufacturer to offer pre-packaged pints of ice cream. Those "carry-out" pints and half gallons started a whole new tradition in the lives of all Americans.

The days following World War II moved fast. People were on the run. Convenience and ease became household words. Hershey's was on top of the situation with "On-a-stick" desserts. Popscicles, ice cream sandwiches, SkiHi's - the novelty business was born and bound for success!

Soon the familiar Hershey Creamery trucks became a familiar sight. "Oh boy!! Hershey's Ice Cream!" posters decorated soda fountain walls, and the familiar orange and blue "Best of Everything" Hershey's Ice Cream Packages lined store coolers and home ice-boxes everywhere.

America's love affair with ice cream was growing, and so was Hershey's! Expanding, modernizing, and always developing the new treats and flavors to keep those ice cream lovers happy.