2008 Processor of the Year: Hormel's Compleats success
In the meat- and poultry-processing industries, no one has done a better job bolstering its own success through widespread innovation in recent years than Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods. Hormel’s family of brands has grown almost synonymous with new product success: From SPAM Singles to Natural Choice products to Oven Ready products, Hormel has wowed consumers year in and year out.
Furthermore, the Hormel Natural Choice product line champions a technology that many believe has revolutionized food safety in the meat industry — high-pressure pasteurization — a technology that Hormel perfected and has pioneered.