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Hormel Foods Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

April 1, 2008
Austin, Minn.
The Board of Directors of Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL), an Austin, Minn.-based manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, has declared a regular quarterly dividend of eighteen and one-half cents (18.5¢) per share on the common capital stock of the corporation.
The dividend is to be paid May 15, 2008, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 19, 2008.
This is the 319th quarterly dividend.