
The Hershey Company together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacturing, marketing, selling and distributing various chocolate and confectionery products, pantry items and gum and mint refreshment products worldwide. It offers chocolate and sugar confectionery products, including milk chocolate bars, chocolates, candies, candy bars, wafer bars, nougat bars, peanut butter cups, boxed chocolates, peppermint pattie and toffee bars. The company also provides high-cacao dark chocolate products, such as chocolate bars, tasting squares, home baking products and professional chocolate and cocoa items; and natural and organic chocolate products consisting of chocolate bars, drinking chocolate and baking products. In addition, it offers snack products comprising snack bars and macadamia snack nuts; and a line of refreshment products, such as mints, chewing gum and bubble gum, as well as pantry items consisting of baking products, toppings, sundae syrups, and hot cocoa mix. Further, the company provides chocolate-covered raisins, peanuts and almonds; malted milk balls; beverage products; and cooking oil products. It sells its products through sales representatives and food brokers, primarily to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, department stores and natural food stores. The company was founded in 1893 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.