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4 February 2020Sarah Morgan

Ex-Hershey snack chief accuses company of character assassination

The former president of The H ershey Company’s healthy snack brand Amplify has accused the chocolate company of being “vindictive” by claiming that he had stolen trade secrets before his departure.

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