Company names Darren
Carter successor
AUSTIN,
Minn., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods
Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company,
announced the upcoming retirement of Pat
Schwab, vice president of Retail Sales – East. The company
announced that Darren Carter, vice
president of sales strategy at Hormel Foods, will advance to vice
president of Retail Sales – East, replacing Schwab in this role.
Carter will oversee the sales functions for all retail customers
throughout the Eastern half of the United
States.
"Pat has been a tremendous leader for our company and has made
an outstanding impact on many sales divisions and customer
relationships throughout his 37-year career with Hormel Foods. We
wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement," said PJ
Connor, group vice president, Retail Sales. "I am excited for
Darren to lead our Eastern U.S. Retail sales team. He has
significant experience in sales leadership, strategic planning and
building trusted relationships with our retail partners. I am
confident he is well-positioned to be successful in this important
role."
About Pat Schwab
Schwab
joined Hormel Foods in 1986. He held several sales positions in
Atlanta, Ga., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y., before becoming a national
sales manager at the Corporate Office in Austin, Minn., in 1993. Schwab advanced to
corporate manager of fresh pork sales, planning and logistics in
2000 and to director of fresh meat sales in 2004. He was named
director of fresh meats and margin optimization in 2009 and
advanced to senior vice president of sales for the consumer
products sales division and vice president of Hormel Foods sales in
2012. Schwab is a native of Cedar Falls,
Iowa, and a graduate of University of
Northern Iowa, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in marketing.
About Darren
Carter
Carter began his career in sales in 1996 in
Lubbock, Texas, and from there,
advanced into several sales roles in Chicago, Ill., Harrisburg, Pa., and Baltimore, Md. In 2000, he advanced to a
district team leader role in Orlando,
Fla., and in 2004, he became a customer business manager. In
2009, Carter joined the Walmart team in Bentonville, Ark., as a customer business
manager. He moved to the Corporate Office in Austin, Minn., in 2013 as a corporate manager
of category sales for Grocery Products, and a year later was named
the vice president of food, drug, mass and club channels for the
company's former CytoSport business. He assumed his current
position in 2019. Carter is a graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in sales
and marketing.
About Hormel Foods — Inspired People. Inspired
Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in
Austin, Minn., is a global branded food company with over
$12 billion in annual revenue across
more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include
Planters®, Skippy®, SPAM®,
Hormel® Natural Choice®,
Applegate®, Justin's®, Wholly®,
Hormel® Black Label®,
Columbus®, Jennie-O® 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 best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report, one
of America's most responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized on
Fast Company's list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators,
received a perfect score of 100 on the 2023–24 Corporate Equality
Index and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its
corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company
lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired
Food.™ — to bring some of the world's most trusted
and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information,
visit hormelfoods.com.
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