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Hormel Packaging Changes Save More Than 5.3M Pounds in Materials

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:24:14 GMT

Hormel Foods Corp. has made numerous changes to its product packaging, trimming more than 5.36 million pounds in materials from the supply chain.
Source: Environmental Leader

Hormel profit-sharing of $15.9 million sets record

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:54:28 GMT

Hormel Foods today gave its employees a record $15.9 million in profit-sharing checks, continuing a popular and longstanding pre-Thanksgiving tradition.
Source: TwinCities.com

Hormel ads to tout premium products

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:20:07 GMT

Hormel Foods Inc. plans to boost advertising next year to persuade cash-strapped shoppers to pay extra for its pricier items, like microwave meals, as they keep looking for ways to cut costs in the downturn.
Source: TwinCities.com

Mixed Results for Heinz and Hormel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:38:18 GMT

The food makers H. J. Heinz and Hormel Foods reported on Tuesday mixed quarterly results, but said they expected sales to rise in the coming months as they spend more on marketing to win the attention of recession-weary consumers.
Source: The New York Times

11/24/09: This week's Minnesota news from other media

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:16:00 GMT

Hormel Foods Corp. announced an increase in net earnings but a decrease in sales for both the company's fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year, which ended Oct. 25, writes Jason Schoonover in the Austin Daily Herald.
Source: MinnPost.com

Hormel (NYSE: HRL) Reports 50 Percent Rise in 4Q Profit

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:26:08 GMT

Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer spending on pricier items like microwave meals,...
Source: TransWorldNews

Hormel 4Q Profit Rises 50 Percent, But Sales Slip

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:05:01 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Hormel Foods Inc. plans to boost its advertising next year to persuade cash-strapped shoppers to pay extra for its pricier items, like microwave meals, as they keep looking for ways to cut costs in the downturn.
Source: WCCO

Hormel 4Q profit rises 50%, but sales slip

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:51:31 GMT

higher-priced items in its Jennie-O Turkey Store, which accounts for 20 percent of net sales.
Source: Daily Breeze

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:03:58 GMT

A display of Hormel's Spam at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif. , is shown Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:23:14 GMT

A can of Spam is shown on a counter in North Andover, Mass. Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.

Hormel Foods Corp - Stock Rockets

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:02:23 GMT