The Hershey Company
American food company
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| 2023 | Hershey entered the plant-based chocolate market with dairy alternative products marketed as Plant Based Extra Creamy and Plant Based Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. |
| August 17 2023 | Hershey repurchased their Smiths Falls, Ontario plant for $53 million from cannabis company Canopy Growth. |
| November 2021 | Hershey announced plans to acquire Dot's Homestyle Pretzels and their co-packer, Pretzel INC for $1.2 billion. |
| June 2021 | Hershey acquired Lily's for $425 million. |
| October 2019 | Hershey collaborated with Yuengling to produce a limited release beer titled Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter. |
| August 2019 | Hershey announced the purchase of protein bar maker One Brands LLC for $397 million. |
| September 2018 | Hershey purchased Pirate Brands from B&G Foods for $420 million in an all-cash deal. |
| March 9 2018 | Hershey broke ground to expand its Kit Kat manufacturing facility in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, with a $60 million budget and plans to create 111 additional jobs. |
| 2017 | Hershey acquired Amplify Snack Brands, the Austin, Texas-based manufacturer of SkinnyPop in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.6 billion. |
| 2016 | Hershey acquired barkTHINS, a New York-based chocolate snack foods company for $290 million. |
| 2015 | Hershey purchased Krave Jerky for $240 million. |
| September 18 2012 | Hershey opened a new and expanded West Hershey plant, completed with a $300 million budget. |
| December 2011 | Hershey reached an agreement to acquire Brookside Foods Ltd., a privately held confectionery company based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. |
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