HERSHEY, PA. - Halloween and holiday confectionery sales supported The Hershey Co.'s performance during the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The results prompted management to reaffirm its sales and earnings guidance for the rest of the fiscal year. "Overall, I am pleased with the progress we are making against our key strategic focus areas," said Michele G. Buck, president and chief executive officer, Oct. 25 during a conference call with financial analysts. "Our third-quarter results were in line with expectations, and we remain on track to achieve the financial targets we shared earlier this year. Our U.S. core confection retail takeaway and share trends are sequentially improving, in line with our expectations, driven by strong Halloween results and distribution gains on core items."
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机译：宾夕法尼亚州赫尔希。 -万圣节和假日糖果销售为好时公司（Hershey Co.）在2018财年第三季度的业绩提供了支撑。这一结果促使管理层重申了本财年剩余时间的销售额和收益指引。 “总的来说，我对我们在关键战略重点领域所取得的进展感到高兴，” 10月25日与金融分析师举行的电话会议上总裁兼首席执行官Michele G. Buck说。 “我们的第三季度业绩与预期相符，并且我们仍有望实现我们在今年早些时候达成的财务目标。在以下因素的推动下，我们的美国核心甜食零售业务和份额趋势与我们的预期相符，并且环比有所改善万圣节的业绩强劲，核心项目的分销收益增加。”
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