Hormel Foods Corporation

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food manufacturing company meat processing company public company

Hormel Foods Corporation is a major American food company best known for producing branded meat and packaged food products such as SPAM.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hormel Foods Corporation canonical	3
George A. Hormel & Company	2
Hormel	2
Hormel Foods International	1
Hormel family	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2516364 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hormel Foods Corporation
Context triple: [Mower County, Minnesota, containsHeadquartersOf, Hormel Foods Corporation]

A. Campbell Soup Company
Campbell Soup Company is a major American food manufacturer best known for its canned soups and iconic red-and-white branding.
B. Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods is a major American food and beverage company known for producing a wide range of packaged grocery products and iconic brands such as Kraft cheese and Oscar Mayer.
C. Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer was a German-American entrepreneur best known for founding the Oscar Mayer meat and cold cut company, a major U.S. food brand.
D. Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
E. Heinz
Heinz is the German given name of Henry Alfred Kissinger, the influential American diplomat and former U.S. Secretary of State.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hormel Foods Corporation
Target entity description: Hormel Foods Corporation is a major American food company best known for producing branded meat and packaged food products such as SPAM.

A. Campbell Soup Company
Campbell Soup Company is a major American food manufacturer best known for its canned soups and iconic red-and-white branding.
B. Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods is a major American food and beverage company known for producing a wide range of packaged grocery products and iconic brands such as Kraft cheese and Oscar Mayer.
C. Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer was a German-American entrepreneur best known for founding the Oscar Mayer meat and cold cut company, a major U.S. food brand.
D. Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
E. Heinz
Heinz is the German given name of Henry Alfred Kissinger, the influential American diplomat and former U.S. Secretary of State.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	food manufacturing company ⓘ meat processing company ⓘ public company ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedAs	Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George A. Hormel & Company
foundedBy	George A. Hormel ⓘ
hasBrand	Applegate ⓘ Chi-Chi’s ⓘ Columbus Craft Meats ⓘ Dinty Moore ⓘ Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hormel Jennie-O ⓘ Planters ⓘ Spam ⓘ surface form: SPAM Skippy ⓘ
hasCategory	Food and drink companies of the United States ⓘ Meat companies of the United States ⓘ
hasCorporateForm	C corporation ⓘ
hasDivision	Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hormel Foods International Jennie-O turkey products ⓘ surface form: Jennie-O Turkey Store
hasESGFocus	corporate responsibility programs ⓘ
hasFacility	Austin, Minnesota production plant ⓘ
hasKeyPerson	James P. Snee ⓘ
hasNumberOfEmployees	over 19000 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.hormelfoods.com/ ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George A. Hormel & Company
hasSlogan	Inspired People. Inspired Food. ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Austin, Minnesota ⓘ
inception	1891 ⓘ
industry	food processing ⓘ meat products ⓘ packaged foods ⓘ
isListedOn	S&P 500 Index ⓘ
isSubjectOf	Hormel Foods Corporation annual report ⓘ
legalForm	corporation ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
notableProduct	Jennie-O turkey products ⓘ SPAM canned meat ⓘ Skippy peanut butter ⓘ
operatesIn	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
productType	canned meat ⓘ frozen foods ⓘ peanut butter ⓘ ready-to-eat meals ⓘ refrigerated meats ⓘ snack foods ⓘ
stockExchange	New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
tickerSymbol	HRL ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mower County, Minnesota → containsHeadquartersOf → Hormel Foods Corporation ⓘ

Geordie Hormel → familyName → Hormel Foods Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hormel

Geordie Hormel → memberOf → Hormel Foods Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hormel family

Geordie Hormel → associatedWith → Hormel Foods Corporation ⓘ

Austin, Minnesota → majorEmployer → Hormel Foods Corporation ⓘ

Hormel Foods Corporation → hasBrand → Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hormel

Hormel Foods Corporation → foundedAs → Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: George A. Hormel & Company

Hormel Foods Corporation → hasDivision → Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hormel Foods International

Hormel Foods Corporation → hasPredecessor → Hormel Foods Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ