The Hershey Company recently announced the retirement of its employee Dave Onorato, who has been with the company for 38 years. He will continue in a transitional role through the end of September.

Onorato's connection to convenience store sales spans more than two decades since he first assumed the role of national director of convenience store sales in 2002. By 2005, he was named vice president of global convenience store sales, where he was responsible for developing Hershey's global convenience store customers. A year later, he assumed responsibility for special trade classes, including vending, fundraising and concession, as well as food service and dollar store sales. He was named vice president/general manager of all Hershey small format business in 2015.

Throughout his tenure with Hershey, Onorato has forged relationships with customers and colleagues by building upon the core values of honesty and trust. He has been widely recognized for both his work in sales and for advancing diversity within the industry.

He is a member of the National Candy Association, National Confectionery Sales Association (NCSA), Convenience Distributors Association and National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA). In 2012, he was elected to the NCSA Candy Hall of Fame, and in 2020, he was inducted into the Convenience Store News Hall of Fame. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Onorato is a husband and father, and is active in his local community.