Hormel

Hormel Foods Corporation {{nyse|HRL}} is probably best known as the producer of SPAM luncheon meat.

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The company was founded as Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota by George A. Hormel in 1891. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation 102 years later in 1993.

Related Topics:
Austin, Minnesota - George A. Hormel - 1891

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Hormel sells food under the Jennie-O, Dinty Moore, Stagg, and Carapelli brands, as well as under its own name.

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The Hormel internal newsletter is titled The Squeal, for obvious reasons.

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