The Chocolate Industry

A handful of multinational companies control the global chocolate industry. These corporations, collectively known as “Big Chocolate,” own most brands you see on store shelves:

• Hershey’s: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Kit Kat, Almond Joy, Mounds, York Peppermint Patties, Mr. Goodbar, Hershey Bar, and Hershey Kisses.

• Mars: M&M’s, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, and Mars bars.

• Mondelez: Cadbury, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka, Toblerone, Green & Black’s.

• Ferrero Group: Ferrero Rocher, Kinder, Butterfinger, Crunch, Baby Ruth, Raisinets, 100 Grand.

• Lint & Sprungli: Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover.