Articles tagged under: Jennie-O Turkey
A Thanksgiving Pardon
Published November 20, 2023
A pair of Minnesota turkeys will receive a presidential pardon today on the South Lawn of the White House. National Turkey Federation Chairman Steve Lykken, who is president of the Jennie-O Turkey Store in Willmar, will make the presentation. The…Jennie-O Turkey Store Closes One Plant
Published December 9, 2021
Hormel Foods will close its Jennie-O Turkey Store plant in Willmar, Minnesota during the first half of 2022. According to Hormel, the plant is an older, inefficient facility that produces products the company is shifting away from. Employees will transition…Hormel Releases Quarterly Financials
Published August 26, 2020
Hormel reports third quarter net earnings of $203 million, up two percent from last year. Hog prices dropped to a 20-year low in July, which was positive for the Minnesota-based meat processor. COVID-19 hurt the bottomline for Hormel’s turkey business.…Packing Plants Start to Reopen
Published May 10, 2020
The week of May 3, 14 meatpacking plants resumed operations across the U.S. Three are located in the Northern Plains including the Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the JBS plant in Worthington, Minnesota and the Jennie-O Turkey…