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Hormel Foods Corporation is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded meat and food products, many of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry. The company enjoys a strong reputation among consumers, retail grocers, and foodservice and industrial customers for products highly regarded for quality, taste, nutrition, convenience, and value.
Corporate History
Hormel Foods Corporation was established in 1891 as Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel, an ambitious entrepreneur and the son of German immigrants.
He built his first plant in an abandoned creamery located on the banks of the Red Cedar River approximately one-half mile northeast of Austin. Within three years, a large two-story brick building was going up behind the creamery. This was the first of a number of expansions at the site over ensuing years.
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