Nils-Gerrit Wunsch
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Hershey’s generates annual net sales of almost nine billion U.S. dollars worldwide. With the exception of one year, the company’s net sales have been growing since 2006. Currently, Hershey’s has a workforce of around 18,990 full-time employees globally. Compared to previous years, this is the second consecutive increase in full-time employee numbers in since 2014. Company operations are centered around the U.S. market. With less than a billion U.S. dollars in sales, only a fraction of company sales were made internationally.Hershey's portfolio
The company’s product portfolio encompasses chocolate, non-chocolate, chewing gums, ice cream, and milk drinks. Hershey’s well-known brands include Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate, and Hershey's Kisses, which are amongst the most widely consumed chocolate or candy brands in the U.S. — all of them outsold Milky Way and Twix among a variety of other brands. Almost 32 million Americans treated themselves to one or two servings of Hershey’s Kisses in the past 30 days, approximately ten percent of the population. An estimated 43 million U.S. consumers chose Hershey’s Chips as their preferred brand of baking chips.
