{"id":833641,"date":"2025-04-03T11:47:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/the-hershey-company-announces-intent-to-acquire-lesserevil\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:47:30","slug":"the-hershey-company-announces-intent-to-acquire-lesserevil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/the-hershey-company-announces-intent-to-acquire-lesserevil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hershey Company Announces Intent to Acquire LesserEvil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">HERSHEY, Pa.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">April 3, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire <i>LesserEvil<\/i>, maker of organic, delectable snacks that combine bold flavors with better-for-you ingredients. The addition of <i>LesserEvil<\/i> will further expand Hershey&#8217;s snacking portfolio across its long-established confection brands like <i>Hershey&#8217;s<\/i>, <i>Reese&#8217;s<\/i> and <i>Jolly Ranchers<\/i> and emerging salty snack brands including <i>SkinnyPop<\/i>, <i>Dot&#8217;s <\/i>Homestyle Pretzels and <i>Pirate&#8217;s Booty<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1246276\/Hershey_Kiss_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1246276\/Hershey_Kiss_Logo.jpg\" title=\"The Hershey Company Logo (PRNewsfoto\/The Hershey Company)\" alt=\"The Hershey Company Logo (PRNewsfoto\/The Hershey Company)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Investing in <i>LesserEvil<\/i> brings a multi-category, better-for-you snacks platform to extend our offerings into new categories and forms, reaching new consumers in more eating occasions,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Michele Buck<\/span>, The Hershey Company President and Chief Executive Officer. &#8220;This high-growth brand not only complements our beloved confection and salty snack brands but also brings additional manufacturing capabilities and capacity to meet growing consumer and retailer needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n        <i>LesserEvil <\/i>is growing as a cross-category snack brand for those who desire interesting and bold flavors with organic ingredients. Its leadership team will continue with the company to lead its innovative commercial model, speed-to-market capabilities and manufacturing operations. Working together, the team aims to deliver category-leading growth and elevated category insights to offer the right products, in the right places and at the right time for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>LesserEvil<\/i> has always been built on a foundation of clear purpose, constant innovation, and a deep commitment to our people\u2014fostering a vibrant culture rooted in mindfulness and better-for-you snacking using organic ingredients,&#8221; remarked <span class=\"xn-person\">Charles Coristine<\/span>, Chief Executive Officer, <i>LesserEvil<\/i>.\u00a0 &#8220;Joining a company that shares our passion for responsible business, giving to a cause greater than oneself, and long-term vision makes this an incredible opportunity for our brand and our team.\u00a0 Hershey&#8217;s century-long legacy of excellence creates not just strategic alignment but a true cultural home where we can continue to grow and make an impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval with anticipated closing later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Safe Harbor Statement<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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Factors that could cause results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: the ability to timely satisfy the conditions to the closing the transactions contemplated in the definitive agreement; our ability to realize the benefits of the transaction; risks related to the impact of the coronavirus global pandemic (&#8220;COVID-19&#8221;) on our business, suppliers, distributors, consumers, customers, and employees; the scope and duration of the pandemic; government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response to the pandemic, including the distribution of vaccinations and continuation of social distancing guidelines and stay at home orders; disruptions or inefficiencies in our supply chain due to the loss or disruption of essential manufacturing or supply elements or other factors; issues or concerns related to the quality and safety of our products, ingredients or packaging, human and workplace rights, and other environmental, social or governance matters; changes in raw material and other costs, along with the availability of adequate supplies of raw materials; the company&#8217;s ability to successfully execute business continuity plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting changes in consumer preferences and the broader economic and operating environment; selling price increases, including volume declines associated with pricing elasticity; market demand for our new and existing products; increased marketplace competition; failure to successfully execute and integrate acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures; changes in governmental laws and regulations, including taxes; political, economic, and\/or financial market conditions; risks and uncertainties related to our international operations; disruptions, failures or security breaches of our information technology infrastructure; our ability to hire, engage and retain a talented global workforce, our ability to realize expected cost savings and operating efficiencies associated with strategic initiatives or restructuring programs; complications with the design or implementation of our new enterprise resource planning system; and such other matters as discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 31, 2024<\/span>. All information in this press release is as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 3, 2025<\/span>. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company&#8217;s expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About The Hershey Company<\/b>\u00a0<br \/>The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With more than 20,000 remarkable employees worldwide, Hershey delivers delicious, high-quality products across approximately 70 countries, generating over <span class=\"xn-money\">$11.2 billion<\/span> in annual revenues. 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The addition of LesserEvil will further expand Hershey&#8217;s snacking portfolio across its long-established confection brands like Hershey&#8217;s, Reese&#8217;s and Jolly Ranchers and emerging salty snack brands including SkinnyPop, Dot&#8217;s Homestyle Pretzels and Pirate&#8217;s Booty. &#8220;Investing in LesserEvil brings a multi-category, better-for-you snacks platform to extend our offerings into new categories and forms, reaching new consumers in more eating occasions,&#8221; said Michele Buck, The Hershey Company President and Chief Executive Officer. &#8220;This high-growth brand not only complements our beloved confection and salty snack &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/the-hershey-company-announces-intent-to-acquire-lesserevil\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Hershey Company Announces Intent to Acquire LesserEvil&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Hershey Company Announces Intent to Acquire LesserEvil - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/the-hershey-company-announces-intent-to-acquire-lesserevil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Hershey Company Announces Intent to Acquire LesserEvil - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire HERSHEY, Pa. , April 3, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LesserEvil, maker of organic, delectable snacks that combine bold flavors with better-for-you ingredients. 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