Hershey Co CEO David West does not think the charitable trust that has the controlling vote at the largest U.S. chocolate maker stops him from running the company the way it should be run."I don't feel any roadblocks because of that ownership structure," West said during an interview on the sidelines of the Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference.

Hershey is getting ready to battle the new No. 1 in the world confectionery business when Kraft Foods Inc closes its $18.4 billion acquisiti...