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Hershey Q2 2025: Sales Up 26%, Cuts EPS Outlook on $170M+ Tariff Bill
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 07/30/2025 10:30AMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:30 ET (10:30 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:36 UTC.^[1]
Hershey's second-quarter net sales jumped 26% to $2.61 billion on Easter timing and early Halloween shipments, but it cut its 2025 earnings outlook to a 36-38% adjusted EPS decline after putting full-year tariff costs at $170-180 million.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey FY 2025: Profit Down 60%, Sees 2026 Adjusted EPS Up 30-35%
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 02/05/2026 11:45AMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE232 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (11:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 11:46 UTC.^[1]
Hershey ended a cocoa- and tariff-hit 2025 with full-year net income down 60% to $883 million on sales up 4.4% to $11.7 billion, then guided 2026 to 4-5% sales growth and a 30-35% rebound in adjusted earnings per share.
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Hershey Q3 2025: Sales Up 6.5% on Price, Raises Outlook as Tariffs Bite
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 10/30/2025 10:45AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE330 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:49 UTC.^[1]
Under new CEO Kirk Tanner, Hershey's third-quarter net sales rose 6.5% to $3.18 billion on about 6 points of price, while adjusted EPS fell 44% to $1.30 on cocoa and tariff costs; it raised its 2025 sales outlook to about 3%.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q4 2024: Sales Up 8.7%, Sees 2025 EPS Down Mid-30% on Cocoa
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 02/06/2025 11:45AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (11:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K carrying it was accepted by EDGAR at 11:50 UTC.^[1]
Hershey closed 2024 with fourth-quarter net sales up 8.7% to $2.89 billion and adjusted EPS up 33% to $2.69, then warned that surging cocoa prices would cut 2025 adjusted earnings per share by about a third on sales growth of at least 2%.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q1 2026: Sales Up 10.6%, Adjusted EPS Up 12%, Outlook Reaffirmed
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 04/30/2026 10:45AMCONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE148 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:47 UTC.^[1]
Hershey's first-quarter net sales rose 10.6% to $3.10 billion on about 10 points of price and the LesserEvil deal, and adjusted EPS rose 12% to $2.35 as reported profit nearly doubled; it reaffirmed its 2026 outlook.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Reports Q3 2026 Results
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 10/29/2026 10:45AMESTIMATED 70% CONFIDENCEin 34 daysEstimated: Hershey lists no date yet; its Q3 2025 results came on "Thursday, October 30, 2025" (webcast notice) and every 2026 release so far went out on a Thursday at 06:45 ET (5 Feb, 30 Apr, 30 Jul), so the last Thursday of October, 29 Oct 2026, at 06:45 EDT (10:45 UTC).^[1]
Hershey's third-quarter 2026 results, the first test of its narrowed outlook for 4.5-5% sales growth and a 32.5-35% rebound in adjusted earnings per share as cocoa costs ease.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q2 2026: Adjusted EPS Up 57%, Raises Low End of 2026 Outlook
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 07/30/2026 10:45AMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE57 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:48 UTC.^[1]
Hershey's second-quarter adjusted EPS rose 57% to $1.90 and net sales 6.6% to $2.79 billion as 12 points of price outweighed an 8-point volume drop, and it narrowed its 2026 outlook upward to 32.5-35% adjusted EPS growth.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Unveils Its Next Generation Snacking Strategy at 2026 Investor Day
HersheyNew York Stock Exchange, 11, Wall Street, Financial District, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10271, United States
Starts 03/31/2026 4:00PMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE178 days agoStated as firm: Hershey's release of March 31, 2026 says it "is hosting its 2026 Investor Day today at the New York Stock Exchange" and "The meeting begins at 12:00 p.m. ET" (16:00 UTC).^[1]
At an investor day at the New York Stock Exchange led by CEO Kirk Tanner, Hershey set out its ONE Hershey plan across sweet, salty and protein snacks. It targeted 2-4% organic sales growth, 15-20% adjusted EPS growth in 2027 and 6-8% from 2028.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Raises Its Dividend to $1.452 After a Five-Quarter Freeze
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 02/05/2026 12:00PMCONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE232 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 07:00 ET (12:00 UTC); "The dividends were declared February 4, 2026".^[1]
Hershey lifted its quarterly dividend to $1.452 a share from $1.370, its first increase after holding the payout flat through the cocoa and tariff squeeze of 2025, alongside a forecast of a 30-35% earnings rebound in 2026.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Raises Chocolate Prices by Double Digits Over Record Cocoa Costs
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 07/22/2025CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm, per TODAY^[4] (24 July 2025): "Hershey announced in a statement on July 22 that it will be raising the price of its candy", having "informed its retail customers a week earlier"; Food Dive^[1] (23 July) quotes the same statement.
Hershey told retailers it would raise prices on many chocolate products by a low double-digit percentage, blaming the unprecedented cost of cocoa rather than tariffs. Halloween packs were spared, and it said 75% of its candy would still cost under $4.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Completes Its $769 Million Purchase of LesserEvil
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 11/18/2025DELAYED5 months late71% CONFIDENCE311 days agoStated as firm in Hershey's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q: "On November 18, 2025, we completed the acquisition of LesserEvil, LLC"; the release datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Nov. 19, 2025" (PR Newswire, 08:35 ET) says Hershey "has closed its acquisition of LesserEvil".^[1]
Hershey closed its acquisition of organic popcorn and puffs maker LesserEvil, paying $769 million in cash up front with up to $200 million more if earnings targets are met. The brand joins SkinnyPop and Dot's Pretzels and lifted Hershey's salty snacks sales by about 22% in the second quarter of 2026.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Prices $2 Billion of Notes in Four Tranches
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 02/19/2025 10:18PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoStated as firm: the pricing release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 17:18 ET (22:18 UTC); the 8-K says Hershey "entered into a Pricing Agreement" on February 19, 2025.^[1]
Hershey sold $2 billion of bonds in four $500 million tranches due 2028 to 2035 at coupons of 4.55% to 5.10%, to repay $600 million of notes maturing in 2025 and some commercial paper.
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Stated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:47 UTC.^[1]

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Hershey Q1 2025: Sales Down 13.8%, Outlook Held as Tariffs Hit

Hershey's first-quarter net sales fell 13.8% to $2.81 billion and adjusted EPS 32% to $2.09 as it lapped last year's pre-ERP stock build and a later Easter; it held its 2025 outlook and put Q2 tariff costs at $15-20 million.

Net sales fell 13.8% to $2,805.4 million and organic, constant-currency sales 13.2%, in line with expectations: volume dropped about 15 points on the lap of inventory built ahead of the 2024 ERP go-live, a later Easter and two fewer shipping days, partly offset by about 2 points of price^[1]
Reported net income fell 71.7% to $224.2 million ($1.10 a share); adjusted EPS fell 31.9% to $2.09^[1]
Adjusted gross margin fell 370 basis points to 41.2% on higher commodity and manufacturing costs^[1]
Hershey reiterated its 2025 outlook (sales up at least 2%, adjusted EPS down in the mid-30% range) but included only the tariff expense it expected in the second quarter, about $15 million to $20 million^[1]
Buck said consumption "exceeded our expectations" in US candy, mint and gum and in salty snacks, led by seasons, Dot's and SkinnyPop^[1]
ConfectioneryNews tied the squeeze to rising cocoa prices and new US tariffs on imported confectionery products^[2]

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thehersheycompany.com/en_us/home/newsroom/press-release/2025-05-01-Hershey-Reports-First-Quarter-2025-Financial-Results.html
thehersheycompany.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts May 1, 2025 ✓· 71% of score
Stated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:47 UTC.
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Tariffs and cocoa costs bite for Hershey
confectionerynews.com· Published May 7, 2025· 10% of score
ConfectioneryNews on the Q1 2025 results: net sales $2.8bn down nearly 14%, net income $224m down 72%, $15m-$20m of Q2 tariff costs, cocoa and tariff pressure.
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Hershey Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1: first-quarter 2025 results
sec.gov· Published May 1, 2025· 10% of score
The release as filed with the SEC on 1 May 2025 (accepted 10:47 UTC).
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Hershey to Webcast First-Quarter Conference Call
thehersheycompany.com· Published Apr 3, 2025· 9% of score
Hershey's notice that it would release first-quarter results on Thursday, May 1, 2025 with an 8:30 a.m. ET call.^[1]

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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q2 2025: Sales Up 26%, Cuts EPS Outlook on $170M+ Tariff Bill
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 07/30/2025 10:30AMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:30 ET (10:30 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:36 UTC.^[1]
Hershey's second-quarter net sales jumped 26% to $2.61 billion on Easter timing and early Halloween shipments, but it cut its 2025 earnings outlook to a 36-38% adjusted EPS decline after putting full-year tariff costs at $170-180 million.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey FY 2025: Profit Down 60%, Sees 2026 Adjusted EPS Up 30-35%
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 02/05/2026 11:45AMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE232 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (11:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 11:46 UTC.^[1]
Hershey ended a cocoa- and tariff-hit 2025 with full-year net income down 60% to $883 million on sales up 4.4% to $11.7 billion, then guided 2026 to 4-5% sales growth and a 30-35% rebound in adjusted earnings per share.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q3 2025: Sales Up 6.5% on Price, Raises Outlook as Tariffs Bite
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 10/30/2025 10:45AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE330 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:49 UTC.^[1]
Under new CEO Kirk Tanner, Hershey's third-quarter net sales rose 6.5% to $3.18 billion on about 6 points of price, while adjusted EPS fell 44% to $1.30 on cocoa and tariff costs; it raised its 2025 sales outlook to about 3%.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q4 2024: Sales Up 8.7%, Sees 2025 EPS Down Mid-30% on Cocoa
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 02/06/2025 11:45AMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (11:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K carrying it was accepted by EDGAR at 11:50 UTC.^[1]
Hershey closed 2024 with fourth-quarter net sales up 8.7% to $2.89 billion and adjusted EPS up 33% to $2.69, then warned that surging cocoa prices would cut 2025 adjusted earnings per share by about a third on sales growth of at least 2%.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q1 2026: Sales Up 10.6%, Adjusted EPS Up 12%, Outlook Reaffirmed
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 04/30/2026 10:45AMCONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE148 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:47 UTC.^[1]
Hershey's first-quarter net sales rose 10.6% to $3.10 billion on about 10 points of price and the LesserEvil deal, and adjusted EPS rose 12% to $2.35 as reported profit nearly doubled; it reaffirmed its 2026 outlook.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Reports Q3 2026 Results
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 10/29/2026 10:45AMESTIMATED 70% CONFIDENCEin 34 daysEstimated: Hershey lists no date yet; its Q3 2025 results came on "Thursday, October 30, 2025" (webcast notice) and every 2026 release so far went out on a Thursday at 06:45 ET (5 Feb, 30 Apr, 30 Jul), so the last Thursday of October, 29 Oct 2026, at 06:45 EDT (10:45 UTC).^[1]
Hershey's third-quarter 2026 results, the first test of its narrowed outlook for 4.5-5% sales growth and a 32.5-35% rebound in adjusted earnings per share as cocoa costs ease.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Q2 2026: Adjusted EPS Up 57%, Raises Low End of 2026 Outlook
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 07/30/2026 10:45AMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE57 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:48 UTC.^[1]
Hershey's second-quarter adjusted EPS rose 57% to $1.90 and net sales 6.6% to $2.79 billion as 12 points of price outweighed an 8-point volume drop, and it narrowed its 2026 outlook upward to 32.5-35% adjusted EPS growth.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Unveils Its Next Generation Snacking Strategy at 2026 Investor Day
HersheyNew York Stock Exchange, 11, Wall Street, Financial District, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10271, United States
Starts 03/31/2026 4:00PMCONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE178 days agoStated as firm: Hershey's release of March 31, 2026 says it "is hosting its 2026 Investor Day today at the New York Stock Exchange" and "The meeting begins at 12:00 p.m. ET" (16:00 UTC).^[1]
At an investor day at the New York Stock Exchange led by CEO Kirk Tanner, Hershey set out its ONE Hershey plan across sweet, salty and protein snacks. It targeted 2-4% organic sales growth, 15-20% adjusted EPS growth in 2027 and 6-8% from 2028.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Raises Its Dividend to $1.452 After a Five-Quarter Freeze
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 02/05/2026 12:00PMCONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE232 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 07:00 ET (12:00 UTC); "The dividends were declared February 4, 2026".^[1]
Hershey lifted its quarterly dividend to $1.452 a share from $1.370, its first increase after holding the payout flat through the cocoa and tariff squeeze of 2025, alongside a forecast of a 30-35% earnings rebound in 2026.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Raises Chocolate Prices by Double Digits Over Record Cocoa Costs
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 07/22/2025CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm, per TODAY^[4] (24 July 2025): "Hershey announced in a statement on July 22 that it will be raising the price of its candy", having "informed its retail customers a week earlier"; Food Dive^[1] (23 July) quotes the same statement.
Hershey told retailers it would raise prices on many chocolate products by a low double-digit percentage, blaming the unprecedented cost of cocoa rather than tariffs. Halloween packs were spared, and it said 75% of its candy would still cost under $4.
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Completes Its $769 Million Purchase of LesserEvil
Hershey19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United States
Starts 11/18/2025DELAYED5 months late71% CONFIDENCE311 days agoStated as firm in Hershey's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q: "On November 18, 2025, we completed the acquisition of LesserEvil, LLC"; the release datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Nov. 19, 2025" (PR Newswire, 08:35 ET) says Hershey "has closed its acquisition of LesserEvil".^[1]
Hershey closed its acquisition of organic popcorn and puffs maker LesserEvil, paying $769 million in cash up front with up to $200 million more if earnings targets are met. The brand joins SkinnyPop and Dot's Pretzels and lifted Hershey's salty snacks sales by about 22% in the second quarter of 2026.
$769.1M
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Food09/24/2026@ConsumerDesk
Hershey Prices $2 Billion of Notes in Four Tranches
19 East Hershey Building, 19, East Chocolate Avenue, Spring Creek Manor, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 17036, United StatesHershey
Starts 02/19/2025 10:18PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoStated as firm: the pricing release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 17:18 ET (22:18 UTC); the 8-K says Hershey "entered into a Pricing Agreement" on February 19, 2025.^[1]
Hershey sold $2 billion of bonds in four $500 million tranches due 2028 to 2035 at coupons of 4.55% to 5.10%, to repay $600 million of notes maturing in 2025 and some commercial paper.
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