Hershey Foods seeks new CEO.(Brief Article)

HERSHEY, PA --Kenneth Wolfe, current chairman and CEO of Hershey Foods Corporation, has not yet announced when he plans to retire, although sources believe it will be sometime in the first half of 2001. Meanwhile, a Hershey Foods spokesman confirmed that the company is conducting an "external search" for Wolfe's replacement.

Last month, William F. Christ was named executive vice president and COO of Hershey Foods. Christ replaces Michael J. Pasquale who resigned. Christ, a 31-year veteran of Hershey Foods, most recently served a senior vice president, CFO and treasurer of the Corporation. Frank Cerminara, has assumed the role of vice president, chief financial …