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Very 80s new-wavey sound

They're tastey but they're like 700 calories each!!!!!!

It would have suited to have identified a date for the closure. I on April 24, 2009 am about to buy Scharffenberger chocolate, actually would have except I read this first, and would be more inclined to do so if the factor were not closed yet. Now I am uncertain. I agree with anti-Hershey comments. Hershey chocolate is not made in Pennsylvania. It is made in Mexico. That Milton Hershey Foundation is a success "story" is b.s. One does not eat success "stories" in my neighborhood or books either. Mr. Levine probably complained because his history professor asked for dates on examinations. Dates do matter. They even help one buy chocolate.

cheap and delicious - it's a classic. during the mad-cow scare, this was the only sandwich my gf allowed me to eat from the mcd's and i learned to love it. and believe me people, you should worry more about where they get their dairy and poultry than worry about the fish. lastly, i love the tartar sauce overload, once i take it out of the box, i smear half of it on my box and use it as dipping sauce for my golden delicious potato stix. =)

Bottom line is, this guy sold the company to a large company.. If he really gave a shit he would have had in the contract that the Factory must remain open..

I doubt this businessman was so naive that he thought Hershey was going to continue in the same direction..

Large company buys small company with a great name.. Large company strips the small company only keeping the name and nothing else..

This is nothing new.

shoot, i better get out and get me some Scharffen Berger dark chocolate. that stuff keeps me healthy. why would Hersheys do a thing like that?

Sorry, but my sympathy is ZERO for your dead friend (though tons of sympathy for the employees). Your dead friend sold FOR THE MONEY. Big corporate money, so he got his. If he had "concerns" he should not have sold. Once Hershey took ownership, it was theirs to do with what they wished. They PAID (your dead friend -- ka-ching) for the right.

Nooooooooooo! What a sad day for chocolate! I'm stocking up on Scharffen Berger...

Tonight's news said that the retail outlet in the SF Ferry Building would stay open - but I couldn't discern when, or if,they intend, to demolish the Scharffen Berger brand and name. Even if it continues the name, a big difference will be in the processing procedure and choice of beans.

Ghirardelli will now get my business.

It's really a shame, but the founders might have thought of that before they sold and gotten some kind of contract that ensured the company's existence in it's original format.

What about Smucker's and White Lily Flour - More of the same....

WOW... You have no idea how big my obsessions for grape flavored things is.. I get so excited just to see grape candy... When i went to Japan on a trip for two weeks... EVERYTHING WAS GRAPE FLAVORED! the swirl soft serve ice cream.. instead of vanilla and chocolate swirled.. it was vanilla and grape swirled. it was simply amazing... I was also grape woman once... a Grape super hero complete with shiny purple spandex... ha.

Actually I was watching a show the other day that highlighted McDonald's own fishing vessels in which the COD are prepared and flash frozen right on the ship... employing many workers who work 12 hour shifts until the cargo is full and then back to port to offload... already prepared and packaged Filet 'O Fish.

once in a while I get a nostalgic craving for one, but then I think about the highly processed bits of white fish deep fried in heavy batter and slathered with cholesterol laden mayonnaise on a slightly stale bun, not to mention the processed cheese, and I remember why I don't eat filet o' fish anymore. But the pull of childhood is strong.... thinking Velveeta ...

I LOVE THEM ! Second to the Big-Mac.My first job was at the McDonalds 4 blocks from my house (I could ride my bike to work safely at any hour) in the summer of 1967 and again in the summer of 1968, my highschool summer job. The filet-a fish sandwich for only $.25 was great back then when all food was cooked on site and all ingredents were very wholesome, NOT the McDonalds of today as everything comes flash frozen pre-cooked in a microwave-bag, simply put horrible. The original used a fresh-baked slightly-sweet (naturally) bun with a tartar sauce that actually was very good (recipe developed by a real chef not a marketing group) the fish patty was, as pointed out earlier, of predomaintly Haddock or True Cod (now almost extinct thanks to the cod war waged by Canada attempting to preserve the fishery vs the European countries about fishing rights on the Grand Banks) and yes a full slice of real American cheese that had flavor and it was delicious.
I was working at McDonalds when the Big-Mac was introduced and it was also delicious and only about .45 or .50 cents some rediculious price along with .15 cent burgers, .17 cent cheeseburgers, .12 cent fries and so on. Everything was so much better when it was all cooked on site, we even washed, peeled, cut and blanched the fries from whole potatos numerous times a day. I still get a Filet-a-fish and a Big-mac on occassion when I cant control myself while passing a McDonalds.