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HERSHEY, Pa. – Hershey Co. said that Michael Del Pozzo, president of the company's U.S. Confection, is leaving the company after three months to return to former employer PepsiCo. the company effective December 12. Hershey president and chief executive officer Michele Buck will assume leadership of the U.S. Confection Business while the company identifies a successor.
Del Pozzo is returning to PepsiCo, where he worked his entire career before joining Hershey, and will assume a new leadership role.
Buck will partner closely with the highly experienced U.S. Confection leadership team during this interim period to lead the business through its next phase of growth and advance Hershey's Leading Snacking Powerhouse vision, according to the company, which says it has a strong pipeline of internal and external candidates to succeed Del Pozzo.
