Hormel Foods facts for kids
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Trade name
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Hormel Foods |
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Formerly
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George A. Hormel & Company (1891–1993) |
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| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Founder | George A. Hormel |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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James Snee (Chairman, President and CEO) |
| Products | Deli meat, ethnic foods, pantry foods, Spam |
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| Revenue |  US$9.497 billion (2019) |
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Operating income
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US$1.2 billion (2019) |
| Total assets | US$8.10 billion (2019) |
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Number of employees
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20,000 (2019) |
| Divisions | Grocery products Refrigerated foods Jennie-O turkey store Specialty foods International |
| Subsidiaries | Applegate Farms, LLC Bruke Marketing Corporation Cidade do Sol Columbus Manufacturing Inc. Dan's Prize Inc. Fontanini Foods Hormel Foods Australia Pty. Ltd. Hormel Foods Canada Jennie-O Justin's, LLC Megamex Foods, LLC Okinawa Hormel Ltd. The Purefoods-Hormel Company Inc. (joint venture with San Miguel Food and Beverage) Sadler's Smokehouse |
Hormel Foods Corporation, commonly known as Hormel Foods or simply Hormel, is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, chicken, beef and lamb products to consumers, adding Spam in 1937. By the 1980s, Hormel began offering a wider range of packaged and refrigerated foods. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in 1993 and uses the Hormel brand on many of its products; the company's other brands include Planters, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O, and Skippy. The company's products are available in over 80 countries worldwide.
MegaMex Foods
In 2009, California-based MegaMex Foods was created as a joint venture by US-based Hormel and Mexico-based Herdez del Fuerte to manufacture, market and distribute Mexican-style sauces and related other foods in the United States. Initial brands included Chi-Chi's, La Victoria, Búfalo, Doña María, and Herdez.
Don Miguel Foods Corporation was acquired by MegaMex in 2010. Don Miguel manufactured fresh and frozen prepared foods, such as mini tacos, flautas, taquitos, empanadas, burritos and roller grill items.
In 2011, MegaMex acquired Texas-based Fresherized Foods, one of the largest provider of refrigerated guacamole in the United States and the manufacturer of Wholly Guacamole, Wholly Salsa, and Wholly Queso.
In 2021, MegaMex expanded their offerings to the wholesale food service industry by debuting their Tres Cocinas brand of pepper pastes.
See also
In Spanish: Hormel para niños
