The Hershey Co. says it will invest $1.5 million in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to establish a scholarship endowment, with the goal to increase that to $3 million over the next decade.

The Hershey Company continues to innovate through its core brands by offering a new snacking occasion for its convenience store customers.

Hershey has launched the Hershey Insights Network, which provides solutions for its retail partners to engage shoppers and enhance their overall experience both in-store and online.

CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, is working with The Hershey Co. to offer Boo-Bags, a family friendly and socially-distanced solution to making Halloween as safe and fun.

Two weeks after Mars Wrigley set a Guinness World Record with a 4,700-lb. Snickers bar, The Hershey Co. revealed a 5,943-lb. Reese’s Take 5 bar on Jan. 31 at Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, Pa.

Two Hershey products are among the top of research firm IRI’s 2017 list of “New Product Pacesetters.”

The Hershey Co. has named consumer brand veteran Mary Beth West as its new senior v.p. and chief growth officer.

Michele Buck, the company’s executive v.p. and coo, will become the confectionery giant’s new president and ceo, effective March 1. She succeeds John P. Bilbrey, who announced his intention to retire in October.