Way back in 1937, the small town of Austin, Minnesota, became the birthplace of SPAM at Hormel Foods. When World War II hit, feeding our troops became a huge priority. A large percentage of its SPAM ...

Way back in 1891, a business known as the George A. Hormel & Company was all about packaging and selling ham, sausage, and ...

If you're eating on a budget (and who, in this day and age, isn't?), the first stop we recommend making at the grocery store ...

Hormel Foods has named a long time manager at its Algona plant in a lawsuit accusing a competitor of trying to steal trade secrets. The lawsuit claims that in 2023 Wisconsin-based Johnsonville ...

Hormel Foods has filed a lawsuit against Johnsonville and two former employees, alleging theft of trade secrets and employee poaching.

Former Hormel CEO Jeffrey Ettinger is returning to the role in an interim capacity starting in July, the company said Monday.

Ettinger served as Hormel's chief executive from 2006-2016. He will serve as interim CEO through October 2026 and will partly focus on mentoring his likely successor, John Ghingo.

A former employee at Hormel Foods left the company with top-secret recipes and then joined its regional competitor Johnsonville, a new federal lawsuit alleges.

A former employee at Hormel Foods -- a multinational packaged meat company -- left the company with top-secret sausage recipes and market information -- and then joined its regional competitor ...

Hormel accuses former staff of leaking sausage-making secrets to rival Johnsonville originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Minnesota-based Hormel Foods is accusing two former employees of ...

Hormel Foods brings case on corporate spying The Austin-based food company claims its competitor hired Hormel employees who then stole company secrets.

Hormel Foods, Inc. accuses Johnsonville, its Sheboygan Falls-based rival, of using two former Hormel employees to steal "trade secrets.” ...