Wilbur Chocolate Company
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| The Wilbur Chocolate Company | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1865 |
| Headquarters | Lititz, Pennsylvania |
| Key people | William J. Shaughnessy, President |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Products | Confectionery |
| Website | www.wilburchocolate.com |
The Wilbur Chocolate Company is a chocolate manufacturing company located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1865 by Henry Oscar Wilbur. It produces more than 150 million pounds of chocolate a year, which is sold to major food companies and thousands of small shops. The company has a store which sells an assortment of Wilbur chocolates, and a small museum that tells the history of the company and how their chocolate is made.
Its most popular candy, the Wilbur Bud, was introduced in 1893. The Wilbur Bud closely resembles a Hershey's Kiss, which debuted in 1907; some chocolate historians argue that Milton S. Hershey stole the idea for his Kisses from Wilbur's. [1]
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