The Hershey Company today announced sales and earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. Consolidated net sales were $1,407,336,000 compared with $1,377,380,000 for the fourth quarter of 2008. Reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $126,779,000 or $0.55 per share-diluted, compared with $82,155,000 or $0.36 per share-diluted for the comparable period of 2008.
For the full year 2009, consolidated net sales were $5,298,668,000 compared with $5,132,768,000 in 2008, an increase of 3.2 percent. Reported net income for 2009 was $435,994,000 or $1.90 per share-diluted, compared with $311,405,000, or $1.36 per share-diluted for 2008.

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