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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Turner Leslie M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

100 CRYSTAL A DRIVE

(Street)

HERSHEY

17033

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/09/2012

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HERSHEY CO [ HSY ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP, GC and Secretary

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	Leslie M. Turner	07/10/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

NOTICE

THE PURPOSE OF THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS TO GIVE THE PERSON YOU
DESIGNATE (YOUR "AGENT") BROAD POWERS TO HANDLE YOUR PROPERTY,
WHICH MAY INCLUDE POWERS TO SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY
REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE TO YOU OR
APPROVAL BY YOU.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY DOES NOT IMPOSE A DUTY ON YOUR AGENT
TO EXERCISE GRANTED POWERS, BUT WHEN POWERS ARE EXERCISED,
YOUR AGENT MUST USE DUE CARE TO ACT FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY.

YOUR AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE POWERS GIVEN HERE THROUGHOUT
YOUR LIFETIME, EVEN AFTER YOU BECOME INCAPACITATED, UNLESS
YOU EXPRESSLY LIMIT THE DURATION OF THESE POWERS OR YOU
REVOKE THESE POWERS OR A COURT ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF TERMINATES
YOUR AGENT'S AUTHORITY.

YOUR AGENT MUST KEEP YOUR FUNDS SEPARATE FROM YOUR AGENT'S FUNDS.

A COURT CAN TAKE AWAY THE POWERS OF YOUR AGENT IF IT FINDS YOUR
AGENT IS NOT ACTING PROPERLY.

THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF AN AGENT UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY
ARE EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN 20 PA.C.S. CH. 56.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS FORM THAT YOU DO NOT
UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER OF YOUR OWN CHOOSING
TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

I HAVE READ OR HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THIS NOTICE AND I
UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS.

/s/Leslie M. Turner, Principal
July 10, 2012


KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that the undersigned, hereby
constitutes and appoints Susan M. Angele and Steven J. Holsinger
and each her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5
relating to transactions in securities of The Hershey Company in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form 144 relating
to transactions in securities of The Hershey Company in accordance
with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules thereunder;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and the timely filing of such forms with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as each such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, each in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 144
of the Securities Act of 1933.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until such time
as the undersigned terminates it in writing.

/s/Leslie M. Turner
July 10, 2012


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I, Susan M. Angele, have read the Power of Attorney and am one of two persons
identified as the agents for the principal.  I hereby acknowledge that in the
absence of a specific provision to the contrary in the power of attorney or
in 20 Pa.C.S. when I act as agent:

I shall exercise the powers for the benefit of the principal.

I shall keep the assets of the principal separate from my assets.

I shall exercise reasonable caution and prudence.

I shall keep a full and accurate record of all actions, receipts and
disbursements on behalf the principal.

/s/Susan M. Angele
July 10, 2012


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I, Steven J. Holsinger, have read the Power of Attorney and am one of two
persons identified as the agents for the principal.  I hereby acknowledge
that in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary in the power
of attorney or in 20 Pa.C.S. when I act as agent:

I shall exercise the powers for the benefit of the principal.

I shall keep the assets of the principal separate from my assets.

I shall exercise reasonable caution and prudence.

I shall keep a full and accurate record of all actions, receipts and
disbursements on behalf the principal.

/s/Steven J. Holsinger
July 10, 2012