Hormel Foods trimmed its sales outlook for the full-year after missing third-quarter expectations amid increased competitive pressure that pushed it to cut prices and increase promotions and advertising at retail.
Cases of the highly contagious avian flu in the US appear to be declining with the warmer weather, but only after taking the lives of nearly 40 million birds, including many from Hormel’s turkey flock – leading to “large supply gaps in the Jennie-O Turkey...
Hormel Foods is dipping its toes further into the meat alternatives space via its venturing arm 199 Ventures, which is teaming up with The Better Meat Co. to bring new products to market featuring the latter’s Rhiza mycoprotein ingredient, a filamentous...
The use of dairy terms such as ‘milk’ to describe plant-based foods and beverages continues to generate heated debate. But what about the use of terms such as ‘natural’ to describe lunch meats or other products from animals raised in intensive factory...
Ongoing labor challenges are a double-edged sword for Hormel Foods Corporation, which struggled to fully meet consumer demand in its third quarter due to staffing shortages, but which also saw its food service business rebound significantly thanks to...
Pandemic-related limitations on key resources, from essential ingredients to packaging to labor, continue to challenge food and beverage manufacturers, and while pressures may ease in one area they simultaneously increase in another – elevating the need...
Even though pandemic-related supply chain and manufacturing constraints hindered Hormel Foods ability to meet “unprecedented” demand in its fourth quarter, causing it to miss potential sales and volume growth, executives are confident it can meet demand...
After months of meeting heightened consumer demand related to coronavirus pantry stocking and increased at-home consumption, SPAM and Skippy manufacturer Hormel Foods could face inventory shortages in the fourth quarter if additional outbreaks at facilities...
Hormel Foods’ group vice president of corporate strategy, Jim Splinter - who led the acquisition of Justin’s nut butters in 2016 - has retired from the global food company.
Hormel Foods saw organic net sales increase 20% for its grocery products (SPAM, SKIPPY, Hormel chili, and Hormel Compleats microwave meals) and registered a 12% rise in net sales for Jennie-O Turkey products offsetting a decline in foodservice sales in...
Hormel Foods-owned Rochelle Foods is reopening its 400,000-square-foot plant in Illinois – which produces microwaveable and precooked bacon for foodservice and retail, deli hams, and Hormel Compleats microwaveable meals – after two weeks of temporary...
Hormel Foods and energy provider IGS Solar have completed work on the solar energy project at the Hormel Foods Swiss American Sausage Company facility in Lathrop, California.
Hormel Foods Corporation has revealed that it is to acquire premium deli meat and salami company Columbus Manufacturing Inc from Chicago-based Arbor Investments.
The maker of canned meat Spam, US-based Hormel Foods, has named CEO Jim Snee chairman of the board of directors, after the retirement of former incumbent Jeffrey Ettinger.
Pork giant Hormel Foods has stopped taking pigs from its Oklahoma-based supplier after an undercover video showed farmers ripping the testicles off piglets in flagrant abuse of welfare standards.
