SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*
JAMISON JOHN C /PA/

(Last) (First) (Middle)
100 CRYSTAL A DRIVE

(Street)
HERSHEY PA 17033

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HERSHEY FOODS CORP [ HSY ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2003
4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/01/2003 A 136.986 A $73 11,538.586(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 67.058 shares acquired on March 14, 2003, June 13, 2003, and September 15, 2003 pursuant to a Hershey Foods Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
Remarks:
Bonnie S. Martin, Attorney in Fact for John C. Jamison 10/01/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that the
undersigned, hereby constitutes and appoints Burton H. Snyder, Bonnie S.
Martin and Steven J. Holsinger and each his 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 Hershey Foods
Corporation 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 Hershey
Foods Corporation 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.




September 20, 2002					/s/John C. Jamison