The Latest Breaking News from Hershey

RBC Capital has decided to maintain its Outperform rating of Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and raise its price target from $214.00 to $237.00. Shares of Hershey are trading down 0.37% over the last 24 hours, at $227.14 per share. A move to $237.00 would account for a 4.34% increase from the current…

Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 16.1% year-on-year, to $2.67 billion, beating the consensus of $2.48 billion. Organic, constant currency net sales grew 11.5%. Hershey's North America Confectionery segment net sales rose 11.7% Y/Y to $2.22 billion. Sales for Hershey's International and other segments increased 17.9% to $223.1 million. Gross…

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Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) workers in its second-largest U.S. manufacturing plant have voted against unionization, Reuters reported. The Stuarts Draft, Virginia plant, making peanuts products and candy bars, has around 1,400 employees. Out of Hershey’s seven U.S. plants, two are unionized. The call for unionization has gained impetus in recent times among low-paid…

The Pennsylvania-based candy brand has hired union-busting consultants as workers fight for better pay and conditions

New Reese’s Puffs Cluster Crunch cereal brings together Reese’s peanut butter and Hershey’s cocoa on sweet crunchy corn puff clusters. They don’t taste that much different than the already delicious Reese’s Puffs cereal. I like these best almost as a snack right out of the box.

American icons Krispy Kreme and Hershey's are collaborating for a limited edition range of doughnuts landing in stores from February 22.

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) has observed the following analyst ratings within the last quarter: