HERSHEY CO

The Hershey Company manufactures and sells confectionery products and salty snacks. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. Its product portfolio includes chocolate and non-chocolate sweets, chewing gum, mints, protein bars, popcorn, pretzels, spreads, and pantry items such as baking ingredients and toppings. Major brands include Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, SkinnyPop, and Dot's Homestyle Pretzels. The company sells its goods primarily to wholesale distributors, grocery chains, mass merchandisers, drug stores, convenience stores, and vending operators, who resell them to end consumers.

The company markets and distributes offerings under more than 85 brand names across approximately 65 countries worldwide. It conducts manufacturing operations in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, India, and Malaysia, with about 74 percent of manufacturing capacity situated in the United States. In addition, it operates retail Chocolate World locations in Hershey, New York, Las Vegas, Niagara Falls, and Singapore. Hershey maintains a campus in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Summary of the business section of Hershey's latest annual report, written by StockData.

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