 Hershey Creamery Company , also known as Hershey 's Ice Cream , is a creamery that produces Hershey 's brand ice cream , sorbet , sherbet , and frozen yogurt , and other frozen treats such as smoothies and frozen slab style ice cream mixers . Founded by Jacob Hershey and four of his brothers in 1894 ( all of whom have no relation to Milton S. Hershey and the chocolate company that he founded , also in 1894 ) , it was taken over by the Holder family in the 1920s . The company was one of the first to offer consumers pre @-@ packaged ice cream pints . In 1998 , it modernized its operations to increase efficiency and reduce overhead . With their shared names and cities of origin , Hershey Creamery and Hershey Company have had a tumultuous relationship marked by multiple lawsuits over trademark issues . In the mid @-@ 1990s , the companies settled their most recent legal battles out of court , with the creamery agreeing to add a disclaimer to its ice cream products to note that it is not affiliated with The Hershey Company . 
