Hormel

Hormel Foods Corporation 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.

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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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Austin, Minnesota: Austin is a city located in Mower County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 23,314. It is the county seat of Mower County6. It is located along Interstate 90 in the southeastern part of the state....

George A. Hormel: George A. Hormel (1860?1946) was the founder of Hormel (then known as George A. Hormel & Co.) in 1891....

1891: 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar)....