Hormel

Hormel Foods Corporation is a publicly listed food company from Austin, Minnesota. Mainly known as a producer of Hormel 's luncheon meat brand of spam. In addition to the same brand sold Hormel also foods under the brand names such as Jennie -O, Stagg and Carapelli.

History

Creation and expansion

Hormel was founded in 1891 by George A. Hormel, the son of German immigrants, as George A. Hormel & Company in Austin in southeastern Minnesota. On the site of an old dairy Hormel opened his company, which submitted its initial focus on the production and sale of meat products. At the end of the year Hormel employed six people. In the following years the company continued to expand and was able to continuously increase sales. 1901, the company was transformed into a corporation and opened a sales office in Minneapolis the same year. In the following years, other distribution centers in the Midwest, but also in major cities like San Antonio, Dallas or Atlanta was opened. 1924 were first processed over one million pigs within a year to food. Two years later brought the first manufacturer Hormel canned meat on the market. In 1929, Jay C. Hormel was the son of George Hormel, chairman of the company. The rapid growth but also continued further. Later, a 125 cars were purchased large fleet of refrigerated freight wagons for rail transport for transporting the goods from the factories. In the 1930s, Hormel brought a number of new brands and products to market, including spam. For the less catchy phrase Hormel Spiced Ham a catchy brand name had been looking for. In a naming contest, the name SPAM was enforced ( a portmanteau of Spiced Ham). The extensive availability of breakfast meat was satirized in the known spam Monty Python sketch, who had the use of the word for mass mail spam result.

Development from the 1940s

For the 50th anniversary of the company achieved Hormel, which now employs almost 4,500 employees, revenues of $ 74.6 million. In the same year George and Jay Hormel founded the The Hormel Foundation and The Hormel Institute, which researches carried out in collaboration with the University of Minnesota. 1959 Hormel produces one billionth can of Spam. In August 1985, a strike of the employees who were protesting against poor pay and poor working conditions began. This took a total of over a period of ten months. The protest of the workers pulled to Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich also who used the National Guard to protect non-striking workers. About 700 striking workers left after the Hormel strike action. 1986, the producers of poultry products Jennie -O Foods was acquired. In 1993, Hormel changes its name to Hormel Foods Corporation.

Current situation

Hormel has in its history a versatile food producers (meat products, pasta, eggs and edible oils) developed with a wide range of products. It reached 2006 rank 401 of the 500 largest companies in the United States in the year. In fiscal 2008, the company generated sales of $ 6.75 billion and a net income of $ 285 million. Worldwide, approximately 19,000 employees.

Brands

The following trademarks and brands are the Hormel Group:

  • Hormel Always Tender
  • Stagg Chili
  • CHI - CHI 'S Salsa
  • Llody 's BBQ
  • Carapelli Olive Oil
  • Hormel Pepperoni
  • World Food
  • Valley Fresh Chicken
  • Jennie -O Turkey Store
  • Farmer John Meats
  • NATURAL CHOICE Meats
  • SPAM
  • Dilusso Deli
  • Diamond Crystal Brands
  • GMBOND Spinifex
Types of business entity Austin (Minnesota) Spam (Monty Python)
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