HERSHEY, PA -- Hershey meats Corp....

HERSHEY, PA -- Hershey meats Corp. credits its core brands, as well as the company's recent emphasis on more profitable pack exemplars and c-store trade channels, as major contributors to the chocolate maker's reported 136 percent leap in first quarter net income. without deductions sales for the period were $9885 million, a 105 percent increase throughout the same period a year ago.
Richard Lenny chairman, president and CEO of Hershey, says: "We're not upon to a good start in 2002 as our business strategy continues to yield positive results" Noting the company's yield chain initiatives are ...