US: Hershey to launch international push
By Dean Best | 8 December 2010
Hershey is to start selling more of its confectionery outside the US next year as part of a global push designed to wrestle sales away from larger rivals Kraft Foods and Mars Inc.
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Hershey is to start selling more of its confectionery outside the US next year as part of a global push designed to wrestle sales away from larger rivals Kraft Foods and Mars Inc.

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