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Hormel Foods Corporation

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Hormel Foods Corporation is an American food processing company headquartered in Austin, Minnesota, founded in 1891 by George A. Hormel as a meatpacking business. It grew into a major branded food company known for canned meat products including Spam, introduced in 1937, and today makes a wide range of packaged meat, snack and grocery products sold under brands such as Hormel, Skippy and Applegate.

Facts
Company Type
Public Company 1
Founded Year
1891 1
Headquarters
Austin, Minnesota, U.S. 1
Size Band
10,000 to 99,999 1
Listing
NYSE 2
Status
Active 3
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Public 1
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Companies Founded

George A. Hormel, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source George A. Hormel (Wikipedia)

Companies Led

George A. Hormel, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source George A. Hormel (Wikipedia)

Operates In

Food and Beverage Industry, Industries

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

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Located In

United States

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Sources
1. Hormel Foods - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company
  • Infobox, Type field
    Public
  • Infobox, Headquarters field
    Austin, Minnesota, U.S.
  • Infobox: num_employees
    20,000 (2025)
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2. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR): SEC EDGAR submissions: HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)Submissions record, exchanges
Quote, Submissions record, exchanges
"exchanges": [ "NYSE" ]
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3. Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF): GLEIF record for HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)LEI record, entity status
Quote, LEI record, entity status
"status": "ACTIVE"
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Wikidata: Hormel Foods Corporation
Wikidata Q1454852, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
George A. Hormel (Wikipedia)
  • Companies Founded: George A. Hormel, Lead
    In 1891, he founded Hormel Foods Corporation (then known as George A. Hormel & Co.)
  • Companies Led: George A. Hormel, Hormel Foods Corporation
    He remained head of the company until 1929
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