Our Values - About - Hormel Foods

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For more than 135 years, Hormel Foods has brought innovation, beloved brands and outstanding value to our consumers, customers, communities and shareholders. We are proud of this milestone but are motivated by our future, building on our founder’s legacy of innovation, quality and integrity.

Our Purpose

Fueling every day with real food for real life.

Our Mission

We create trusted, protein-powered solutions that nourish people and strengthen communities.

Our Values

We earn trust in every relationship.

We listen and engage – we create value for all our stakeholders.
We play for the whole team.

We lead with intent, appreciate differences and have each other’s backs – we win as one team.
We act like owners.

We own the outcome – we move with speed to deliver results that matter.
We do the right thing.

We act with integrity in all we do – we prioritize safety, quality and transparency.
We originate what’s next.

We stay true to our founder’s call to “Originate don’t imitate” – we lead with curiosity and explore what’s possible.