HERSHEY, Pa., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hershey Foods Corporation (NYSE: HSY) announced today that it will release its first quarter sales and earnings results on April 17, 2003, and hold a conference call with analysts at 10 a.m., EDT, on that date. The Company will web cast live its first quarter conference call via the Hershey corporate Web site at www.hersheys.com. Please go to the Investor Relations section of the Web site for further details.