CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 03, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 250,185	$ 346,529
Accounts receivable—trade, net	483,545	599,073
Inventories	871,285	750,970
Prepaid expenses and other	202,584	152,026
Total current assets	1,807,599	1,848,598
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,198,615	2,240,460
Goodwill	818,380	684,252
Other intangibles	521,233	379,305
Other assets	157,213	155,366
Deferred income taxes	64,344	36,390
Total assets	5,567,384	5,344,371
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	455,225	474,266
Accrued liabilities	718,921	856,967
Accrued income taxes	102	23,243
Short-term debt	997,120	363,513
Current portion of long-term debt	500,078	499,923
Total current liabilities	2,671,446	2,217,912
Long-term debt	1,571,179	1,557,091
Other long-term liabilities	496,110	468,718
Deferred income taxes	53,988	53,188
Total liabilities	4,792,723	4,296,909
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, shares issued: none at July 3, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	817,135	783,877
Retained earnings	6,030,252	5,897,603
Treasury—common stock shares, at cost: 147,104,547 at July 3, 2016 and 143,124,384 at December 31, 2015, respectively	(6,082,657)	(5,672,359)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(396,681)	(371,025)
The Hershey Company stockholders’ equity	727,950	997,997
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	46,711	49,465
Total stockholders’ equity	774,661	1,047,462
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	5,567,384	5,344,371
Common stock
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock	299,281	299,281
Class B common stock
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock	$ 60,620	$ 60,620

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