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[edit] Needs Products

This article needs a breakdown of their product line. Seems too heavily focused on company history.

MSTCrow 17:35, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is really needed!

A history is more imporant than a product line.

I would like to see a reference to Hormel during the civil war and how they were sued for supplying rancid meat the to the military. The vauge "19th Century" history is spotty at best.--Ken 19:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Comment related to the posting above: I live in Austin, MN (company headquarters) and have worked for Hormel Foods for 32 years. I am reasonably versed in both company history and 'lore'. The writer above ('Ken') is obviously not! George Hormel founded the company in 1891; It is therefore IMPOSSIBLE that he or the company supplied rancid meat to the military during the US Civil War era (1861 - 1865). It should be noted that there remains, to this day, a group of highly disaffected FORMER employees of the company, who were discharged for strike-related misconduct during the infamous 'Hormel strike' (1985-1986). To these folks, this great company remains 'the devil incarnate'--hence a post like the one above...

How does one register a complaint about the objectivity of an article? As a former resident of Austin who lived through the 1985 strike (with no family connection on either side), I found the characterization of the strike rather biased. Where is the evidence that the wages were "low" at the Austin plant at the time (and compared to what) or that working conditions were dangerous (compared to industry standards, for example)? B sala (talk) 19:54, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Dinty Moore's thumbprint

The cans of Dinty Moore stew used to have a large thumbprint on the top. When did that begin, and when did Hormel stop putting it on the cans? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 18:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1985 strike

Is it fair to say that they were striking over low wages? Shouldn't it really say that they were striking over the fact that their wages and benefits were being cut? To word it like the workers just got fed up with the conditions doesn't really do justice to the situation. I just feel like the current wording seems biased toward the corporation and not the facts.

Thanks, Rob Shepard (talk) 02:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)