date:Feb 02, 2014
rey said. So as we talk about wanting one point of our growth coming from innovation, but we have done significantly better than that. So, its really not the frequency of innovations; its really the quality of innovation.
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, Hersheys net income increased 24% to $820,470,000, equal to $3.76 per share on the common stock, up from $660,931,000, or $3.01 per share, in 2012.
Net sales advanced 7.6% to $7,146,079,000 from $6,644,252,000 the year before.
Fourth quarter