Hormel
Canned meat company
Hormel is an American food company best known for processed meat products, particularly Spam.
Founded in Minnesota in 1891, the name appears on grocery items ranging from chili to pepperoni: We picked up some Hormel bacon at the store.
The company name is pronounced with stress on the second syllable: hor-MEL.
Precooked canned pork product
turkey · sausage · hot dogs · Applegate · Black Label · corned beef hash · lunchmeat · deli meat
Commercial enterprise or guests
- headquartersCentral command location
- AustinTexas capital city
- MinnesotaUpper Midwest American state
- corporationLegally separate business entity
brand · manufacturer · Fortune 500 · conglomerate · stockholders · CEO · revenue · earnings
Pig as food
- processingSystematic operation on data
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
packaging · cold cuts · nitrates · preservatives · refrigeration · USDA · inspection · butchering
Specific calendar year
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- MidwestNorth-central American region
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- legacyWhat's passed down
tradition · founding · growth · expansion · wartime · rations · military · innovation
Forceful impact or stoppage
- 1985Specific calendar year
- unionJoining into one
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- meatpackersSlaughterhouse employees
wages · negotiations · controversy · dispute · picket line · solidarity · collective bargaining · walkout
SPAM
Precooked canned pork product
ham · turkey · sausage · hot dogs · Applegate · Black Label · corned beef hash · lunchmeat · deli meat · canned meat
company
Commercial enterprise or guests
- headquartersCentral command location
- AustinTexas capital city
- MinnesotaUpper Midwest American state
corporation · brand · manufacturer · Fortune 500 · conglomerate · stockholders · CEO · revenue · earnings · merger
pork
Pig as food
- processingSystematic operation on data
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- curingRestoring health or preserving
smoking · packaging · cold cuts · nitrates · preservatives · refrigeration · USDA · inspection · butchering · rendering
1891
Specific calendar year
legacy · tradition · founding · growth · expansion · wartime · rations · military · innovation · canning
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
meatpackers · wages · negotiations · controversy · dispute · picket line · solidarity · collective bargaining · walkout · scabs
- Meat BrandsOscar Mayer, Tyson, Smithfield, Butterball, Hebrew National
- Consumer BrandsProcter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, Colgate-Palmolive
- agribusinessagribusiness, farm, farms, corporate farms, factory farming
- Midwest CompaniesMcDonald's, Walgreens, Kellogg's, General Mills, John Deere
- Minnesota Organizations3M, Best Buy, General Mills, Medtronic, Mayo Clinic
- Southern MinnesotaRochester, Mankato, Winona, Austin, Red Wing
Hormellocal butcher
farm-to-table · whole foods · fresh meat · butcher shop · farmers market vendor