Above (l-r) are Brian Miller, Gwen Andrews and Jeff Linskie, The Hershey Co.; Kaye Powell, S. Abraham & Sons; Gary Gloeckl, AJ Silberman, a division of Eby-Brown Co.; Jon Burklund, Burklund Distributors; Brent Cotten, The Hershey Co.; and Kimberly Bolin and Joel Brown, CDA.

On Tuesday, the CDA Industry Affairs Committee was hosted by The Hershey Co. for a meeting to discuss key distributor issues, from the company’s retail programs to their strategy for the future. The meeting was held at Hershey’s Global Customer Insights Center, an impressive facility where the company guides customers through new product innovations, merchandising strategies and more.

To the left, The Hershey Co.’s Brian Miller (left) with Jon Burklund, Burklund Distributors.

“The partnership between wholesale distributors and key trading partners such as Hershey is critical to our common success within the channel, and CDA is committed to continuing and expanding the dialogue now and into the future,” said Kimberly Bolin, CDA’s president & CEO. “Hershey’s support to ever strengthening that partnership is so valuable to the association and our distributor members.”