Quote Originally Posted by snapdragen
Could be worse mimi - like Nestle buying out Scharffen Berger, or Valrhona (sp?)
The Hershey company:

In August 2005, the Company announced that it had acquired the assets of Joseph Schmidt Confections, Inc., a chocolate maker located in San Francisco, California. In August 2005, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, Inc., based in San Francisco, California.