AUSTIN, Minn., May 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods
Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a multinational marketer of
consumer-branded food and meat products, announced today that its
quarterly dividend on the common stock, authorized by the Board of
Directors at seventeen cents (17¢) a
share on May 22, 2017, will be paid
August 15, 2017, to stockholders of
record at the close of business on July 17,
2017.
The August 15 payment will be the
356th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company. Since
becoming a public company in 1928, Hormel Foods Corporation has
paid a regular quarterly dividend without interruption.
About Hormel Foods – Inspired People. Inspired
Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food
company with over $9 billion in
annual revenues across 75 countries worldwide. Its brands include
SKIPPY®, SPAM®,
Hormel® Natural Choice®,
Applegate®, Justin's®,
Wholly Guacamole®, Hormel® Black
Label® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The
company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500
Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of "The 100 Best Corporate
Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the ninth year
in a row, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for
its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. In
2016, the company celebrated its 125th anniversary and
announced its new vision for the future - Inspired People.
Inspired Food.™ - focusing on its legacy of innovation. For
more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com and
http://2015csr.hormelfoods.com/.
Contact:
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Richard M.
Williamson
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507-437-5345
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media@hormel.com
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SOURCE Hormel Foods Corporation