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Hershey Company Making Healthier Snacks With Latest Acquisition

This July 25, 2011 photo, shows Hershey's chocolate in Overland Park, Kan. Chocolate and candy maker The Hershey Co. is acquiring Amplify Snack Brands for $1.2 billion as it ventures into the healthy snack aisle. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

(Harrisburg) -- The Hershey Company is making a move to gain a stronger foothold in the "better for you" snacking market.

It's the chocolate-maker's second non-candy acquisition in the last three years.

Hershey has agreed to pay $1.6 billion for Texas-based Amplify Snack Brands, which makes healthy snacks like Skinny Pop popcorn and Oatmega protein bars.

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