Hershey near $750M deal to buy LesserEvil popcorn brand, WSJ reports

Hershey (HSY) is nearing a roughly $750M agreement to buy popcorn maker LesserEvil, which had recently tapped bankers to pursue a sale of its business, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas. A deal for the brand, which makes a range of snacks using what it says are better-for-you ingredients, could be announced soon as long as talks don’t hit any last-minute snags, sources said.