date:Oct 28, 2013
The Hershey Company today announced sales and earnings for the third quarter ended September 29, 2013.
Consolidated net sales were $1,853,886,000 compared with $1,746,709,000 for the third quarter of 2012. Reported net income for the third quarter of 2013 was $232,985,000 or $1.03 per share-diluted, compared with $176,716,000 or $0.77 per share-diluted for the comparable period of 2012.
Organic sales growth of 6.6 percent this quarter, as has been the case all year, was driven by volume, resul