Hormel Foods Corporation News

Taking advantage of the product with the strongest demand in the world, food companies are often very solid performers.

Those touched by cancer know that there is a lot of emotional pain that goes with the disease.

Hormel Foods Corp. announced Thursday the upcoming retirements of Daniel A. Hartzog, vice president of sales, consumer products sales, and Bruce R. Schweitzer, vice president of operations for refrigerated foods.

U.S. meat producer Hormel Foods Corp. said it would give up constricting gestation crates for its pigs by 2017.

Red Wing Finance director says sale of arena is imminent The long-anticipated sale of Bergwall Arena is on the verge of completion.

Paint the Town Pink has spread throughout Austin, Minnesota. The entire downtown is even plastered in pink.

Mary Ramona "Mona" Anderson, 70, formerly of Austin, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 in Dallas, Texas.

"I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004," said Austin cancer survivor Ruth Arons.

The Humane Society of the United States is welcoming a statement from Hormel Foods Corp.

Mary Frances Cummings, 90, of Austin, died Sunday evening, Jan. 29, 2012, at her home.

Though the feature presentation was about its Mexican food line, it was the announcement of a recent award that drew the most applause Tuesday at Hormel Foods' annual stockholder meeting.

A request for $13.5 million in state funding to expand The Hormel Institute in Austin won praise and support on Tuesday from state lawmakers.

The city of Austin is thinking pink. It's hard to miss the pink flags and ribbons that are lining Main Street in Downtown Austin.

The Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau has joined forces with The Hormel Institute, the Chamber of Commerce, Austin Parks and Recreation, Mayo Care Health Systems, several local businesses and of course, the Austin Bruins, to enhance the second annual Paint the Rink Pink into an entire weekend of fun events.

The $28 million expansion project at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin is right on schedule, medical center foundation director Craig Johnson said at the 52nd annual auxiliary meeting Friday at the Hormel Historic Home.

Hormel Institute expansion Cost : $27 million. $13.5 million proposed from state bonding money and the remainder from local sources.

Hormel Foods is an international manufacturer and marketer of consumer branded meat and food products which are sold fresh, frozen, cured, smoked, cooked and canned .

Federal workplace safety regulators cited a Hormel Foods subsidiary Monday for rare "willful" safety law violations in connection with an accident last summer that severed a turkey plant worker's arm.

Federal workplace safety regulators cited a Hormel Foods subsidiary Monday for rare "willful" safety law violations in connection with an accident last summer that severed a turkey plant worker's arm.

It is obvious we all need to eat and so it would seem that food companies are the ultimate defensive play for the investor.