Hormel Foods Corporation

AUSTIN, Minn. — When you've never tasted Spam, there's only one way to prepare for the Spam Museum: Eat Spam. And the places to do that in this town of 25,000 are plenty. Steve's serves Spam pizza. Johnny's Main Event offers a Spam Reuben. Kenny'...

CHICAGO -- Corn farmers were unable to plant on soggy or flooded fields from Arkansas to North Dakota this year, signaling tighter grain stockpiles even after rising demand for livestock feed and ethanol sent prices surging.  The Department of Agriculture...

In nearly every supermarket aisle, food prices are starting to rise. General Mills just announced higher prices for breakfast cereals, Yoplait yogurt and Nature Valley granola bars. Last month, it raised prices on flour, pizza rolls and Green Giant...

 By Trisha Marczak  Austin Daily Herald, Minn.  Jan. 19--Tom Branden jokes that he has two birthdays.  While his first comes each year in the obvious fashion, the story behind his second celebration of life is arguably more intriguing.  On Friday Oct. 22,...

 By Tom Webb Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Grain and meat costs are rising so fast, officials at Hormel Foods say it’s a challenge to raise their supermarket prices quickly enough.  The Austin, Minn.-based foodmaker reported a strong 41 percent...

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