Hormel Foods is a food company, founded by George A. Hormell in 1891. They are traded on the New York Stock Exchange as HRL.

Hormel Foods is the maker of fine food products, mostly ham-based. Verily, Hormel Foods' offerings are positively bursting with pork. Some of their brand names include Chi-Chi's, Dinty Moore, Fast 'N Easy, House of Tsang, and the crown jewel of the Hormel Foods lineup, Spam.

They hold a yearly Spamtown U.S.A. Festival in Austin, Minnesota, where their headquarters are located. This event begins on the 4th of July and lasts for 3 days, culminating in the World-famous Spam Jam, on July 7th.

Really.