Michele Buck is recorded as Chairman at Hershey Co (HSY). Hershey Co reported in an 8-K filed January 15, 2025 that Michele Buck resigned as Board of Directors. Hershey Co reported in an 8-K filed January 15, 2025 that Michele Buck retired as President, effective June 30, 2026. Hershey Co reported in an 8-K filed January 15, 2025 that Michele Buck retired as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 30, 2026. Michele Buck has spoken on 20 earnings calls across 1 company, most recently for Hershey Co on May 1, 2025. Hershey Co is classified in the Confectioners industry within the Consumer Defensive sector. Other leadership on record at Hershey Co includes Cordel Robbin-Coker (CEO and Board Member), Deirdre A. Mahlan (CEO), Kirk Tanner (CEO and Board Member) and 7 others.
“Ms. Buck intends to serve in her existing roles until her successor is appointed, at which time she plans to resign from the Board and transition to a senior advisor role until her retirement.”
Hershey Co Form 8-K, filed January 15, 2025
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“The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced that Michele Buck, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer, has informed the Board of her intention to retire from the Company effective June 30, 2026.”
Hershey Co Form 8-K, filed January 15, 2025
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Michele Buck on recent calls
“And Ken I just add in all that work is well underway, exploring every lever productivity, pricing, sourcing, manufacturing changes, all of that?”
“So, it’s a little bit early for us to have the full visibility to those results. What I’d say is what we’re seeing is elasticity is coming in either on par with our expectations, and in some cases, slightly better.”
“So first of all, we continue to feel really good about the category resiliency that we've seen consistently growing around that 2% range, which is what it's been historically and continuing to outpace other snack categories.”
“So, as you all know, we have experienced historic cocoa prices for some period of time now. And while we believe the current cocoa price is not sustainable, we do believe that the future prices will be higher levels than we've seen before this kind of recent historic pricing cycle.”
