The Hershey Company makes chocolate and confectionery products including Hershey's, Reese's and Kit Kat, one of the largest chocolate and candy makers in North America with a portfolio of brands built up over more than a century. Its products are impulse and gift purchases sold heavily through grocery, convenience and mass retail channels, with demand that tends to spike around holidays like Halloween, Christmas and Easter. Hershey's profitability is closely tied to cocoa prices, a commodity that has experienced significant price volatility in recent years due to supply constraints in major cocoa-growing regions, pressuring the company's input costs. The company has also expanded beyond traditional chocolate into salty snacks through acquisitions, diversifying its revenue somewhat beyond its historical core confectionery business.