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Hormel Foods Honors Suppliers with Spirit of Excellence Awards

04/10/2012 – AUSTIN, Minn.— Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) today announced the 75 suppliers the company recently awarded with a 2011 Spirit of Excellence Award.  The awards are distributed for to suppliers that play a role in the company’s continuous improvement process throughout the last year. These suppliers are from a variety of areas including contractors, pork procurement, provisions, ingredients, packaging and transportation.

 

“We look forward to presenting the annual Spirit of Excellence Awards as a way to show how much we appreciate these outstanding suppliers,” said Melanie A. Faust, Director of Purchasing at Hormel Foods. “We’re honored to partner with these distinguished suppliers who truly make a positive impact on our business.”

 

Suppliers that qualified for the Spirit of Excellence Award maintained a minimum supplier rating index score of 92 throughout a 12-month period. This score is determined by a universal measurement system that began in 1990 to ensure each supplier is held to the same standards. Award criteria include meeting performance requirements, making on-time deliveries and providing high-level customer support.

 

In addition to the Spirit of Excellence Award, suppliers compete for the Hormel No. 1 Award every five years. Last year, the company announced the Hormel No. 1 Award recipients, who were honored for providing long-term, consistent, superior performance during the five-year period from 2006 to 2010. One of the criteria for the award requires recipients to have received a Spirit of Excellence Award during four out of five years.

 

 

Contractors

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• A.J. Lysne Contracting Corporation
• Allweather Roof
• East Penn Manufacturing
• Environmental Land Management, LLC
• Fehr Solutions, LLC
• Fox Electric 
• Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, LLC
• Hyster Company
• The Joseph Company, Inc.
• Kestner Electric, Inc.
• KOFAB
• Lou Rich, Inc.
• Multivac, Inc.
• Preston Refrigeration
• Rockwell Automation
• Superior Companies of Minnesota, Inc.
• Weber, Inc.
• Werner Electric Supply
• Wolf-Tec, Inc.  

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Pork procurement

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• Blue River Pork
• Classic FM LLC
• David Reuter
• East Ridge Pork
• Edmundson Hog Farms LLC
• Hufford Bros.
• Jason Fett
• JBS Hogs LLC
• John Regier
• Josie’s Pork Farm Inc.
• Ken Winsel
• Lake Country Pork LLC
• Lost Island Inc.
• Marzolf Swine Inc.
• Midway Hogs LLP
• New Fashion Pork
• Paris Foods
• Ron Nykamp
• Spronk Bros. LLP
• Stan Schaefer Inc.
• Vander Maten Farms Inc
• Warren Alleven
• Wilbur Pig

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Provisions

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• Fieldale Farms Corporation
• Purchasing 
• Airlite Plastics Co.
• Ampac Packaging, LLC
• Bunzl Processor Division
• Crown Foods North America
• Curwood, Inc.
• Dickson Industries, Inc.
• DXP Enterprises, Inc.
• Ecolab, Inc.
• Gamer Packaging Inc.
• Hydrite Chemical Co.
• International Paper
• Kalle USA, Inc.        
• The Meyers Printing Companies, Inc.
• Minnesota Corrugated Box, Inc.
• Multisorb Technologies Inc
• Newly Weds Foods Inc
• Progressive Packaging, Inc.
• Red Arrow Products Company LLC
• RR Donnelley
• Sargento
• Sealed Air Corporation Cryovac Division – Bags & Film
• Sensient – Dehydrated Flavors
• Silgan Containers LLC
• Smyth Companies
• Viscofan USA
• Walter G. Anderson Inc.
• xpedx

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Transportation

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• Dickey Transport, Inc.
• Holiday Express Corporation
• ICS Logistics Corporation
• McFarland Truck Lines, Inc.
• MCT Transportation, LLC