Company
The Hershey Company
Headquarters: Hershey, PA, United States
Founded: February 8, 1894
Employees: 16,620
CEO: Ms. Michele Gross Buck
Market Cap
$37.16 Billion
USD as of July 1, 2024
The Hershey Company Categories
United States Consumer Staples ConfectionersUnited States Consumer Staples United States Confectioners
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Industry: Confectioners
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Detailed Description
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, meat snacks, bars and snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and protein bars. The company provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Paqui, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. It markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Stocks & Indices
The Hershey Company has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: NYSE: HSY wb_incandescent
Stock: BCBA: HSY wb_incandescent
Stock: Bovespa: HSHY34 wb_incandescent
Stock: XETR: HSY wb_incandescent
Product & Services
List of products manufactured by The Hershey Company
Key People
Founder(s): Milton S. Hershey
Michele Buck (Chairman, President and CEO) Steven Voskuil (Senior VP, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer)
Financials
Revenue: US$7.9 billion (2019)
Operating income: US$1.275 billion (2019)
Net income: US$1.01 billion (2019)
Total assets: US$11.01 billion (2019)
Total equity: US$1.72 billion (2019)