HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced today that it will hold an analysts' meeting in Hershey on December 13, 2005. The Company will webcast the presentation from 8 a.m. through 11:30 a.m. via the Hershey corporate web site at http://www.hersheys.com. The slides accompanying the presentations will also be available for viewing with the presentations. Please go to the Investor Relations section of the web site for further details.

SOURCE  The Hershey Company
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    /CONTACT:  Media Relations Contact: Stephanie Moritz, +1-717-534-7631, or
Financial Contact: James A. Edris, +1-717-534-7556, both of The Hershey
Company/
    /Web site:  http://www.hersheys.com/
    (HSY)

CO:  The Hershey Company
ST:  Pennsylvania
IN:  FOD
SU:  MAV CCA

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