In 1999, Google’s forty employees hosted a cook off to see who would be the future first chef of their company’s kitchen.1 After sampling 25 different cooks, the office ultimately named Charlie Ayers the winner of the competition after trying his eclectic and worldly selection.2 Google’s early employees and Ayers could hardly imagine the gourmet…
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Examining the Hershey Trust Company Through Mondelez’s Failed Takeover Attempt
After months of negotiations and two rebuffed bids, Mondelez International Inc. gave up its summer-long courtship of the Hershey Company near the end of August 2016.1 The $20-plus billion bids were noteworthy for Mondelez’s persistence in attempting to unite the two confectionary giants. Mondelez’s failed takeover highlighted the continuing importance of the Hershey Trust Company,…