INTRODUCTION Hershey Foods Corporation is engaged, with its subsidiaries, in the manufacture, distribution and sale of confectionery and grocery products. The Company's principal product groups include confectionery products sold in the form of bar goods, bagged items and boxed items, as well as grocery products in the form of baking ingredients, chocolate drink mixes, peanut butter, dessert toppings and beverages. Hershey Foods manufactures confectionery products in a variety of packaged forms and markets them under …showed first 75 words of 4089 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4089 total…Corporation will continue to monitor the funded status of pension plans based on market performance and make future contributions as appropriate. The Corporation announced on December 12, 2002, that it is authorized to acquire up to $500 million of the Corporation's Common Stock in open market or through privately negotiated transactions. This authorization is expected to be completed within approximately 12 months, subject to trading liquidity, and will be funded by cash provided from operations and short-term borrowings.