When William Murrie first took over running Hershey, the gross
annual sales tallied up to about $600,000(about $15.5 million today).
Incidentally, if you have ever wondered what the“Ms” stand for in the name“M&Ms,” wonder no more- In 1941, Forrest Mars Sr., of the Mars candy company,
struck a deal with Bruce Murrie, son of famed Hershey president William Murrie, to develop a hard shelled candy with
chocolate at the center.