By Walt Hickey Popcorn Hershey has diversified beyond chocolate and into salty snacks, which now is a $1.2 billion business for the company and accounts for 10 percent of sales. Hershey wants to get up to 20 percent of sales, and to that end bought Amplify for $1.6 billion in 2017, bringing SkinnyPop popcorn into the company. Sales are way up since, with the $200 million a year brand in 2017 now close to a
As a lifetime hater of all things Boston Bruins-related, I really hope that those numbers hold up!