(The Hershey's Company)

The company we are talking about is The Hershey's Company, below some history and background about it..

With over $7.4 billion dollars in sales every year, the Hershey's Company is one of the world's largest producers of chocolate and candy products. Hershey's products are sold in more than 70 countries and include Hershey's Kisses and Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars as well as brands such as Reese's, Whoppers, Almond Joy, and Twizzlers. The Hershey Company prides itself as being the largest manufacturer of chocolate and confectionery products in North America.

The Hershey Chocolate Company was founded in 1894 by candy-manufacturer Milton Hershey. Originally in the business of making caramel, Hershey began producing chocolate in 1893 after he purchased chocolate-making equipment. Hershey's chocolate business started off as a side project, a way to create sweet chocolate coatings for his caramels; however, the company soon began producing baking chocolate and cocoa and then selling the extra product to other

confectioners. The successful sale of Hershey's excess products was enough to make the chocolate department its own separate entity.

1.Analyzing firm's stock price over the past 12 months

2.explanation the trend in the company's stock price over the past 12 months

3.What is driving the stock price trend?

4.Are the events driving the stock price trend within the company's control or outside the company's control?

5.Identifying and discussing regulatory and legal issues

6.Identifying at least 3 significant regulatory or legal issues that company is currently facing or has faced within the past 12 months.

i.For each identified regulatory or legal issue

7.Explanation the basics of each issue.

8.Discussion about whether they will have a material impact on the company's stock price, performance, or viability in the near term.

9.Explanation how the company is dealing with the issue and/or any actions taken to date

10.Is there any evidence any of these issues has had a direct impact on the firm's stock price?

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