US confectioner Hershey Foods has announced that its chief marketing officer Wynn A Willard is planning to leave the company at the end of the year.

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Willard, who was also a senior vice president, joined Hershey foods last year from Kraft Foods subsidiary Nabisco. Hershey has begun the search for a replacement for Willard, whose resignation is effective from 31 December, reported the Associated Press.

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