Scale to Sale: Lily's Sweets Case Study, Part 2

After growing the brand to thousands of points of distribution and into new categories, Lily’s was sold earlier this year to the Hershey Company. In this second session attendees will hear from the key players involved in the acquisition.

 

 Jane Miller, Former CEO, Lily's Sweets
 Kris Meulen, Chief Development Officer, The Hershey Company
 Jay Novak, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

Transcript

Speaker 1 [00:18] Um, I hope everyone had a great lunch. Uh, we're running a little bit behind, so we're just gonna jump right to this is part two of the Lily's story, and we're gonna focus on the next stages of growth, the challenges and requirements that accompany a journey to scale, and the process that can lead to an eventual exit. Um, and we're gonna hear a little bit about Hershey's and their portfolio strategy and, uh, the opportunities that brands can have to move to a strategic if they should grow to that point. Um, for our panelists, we're going to welcome back Jane Miller, who is…

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