<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-24-025689.txt : 20241029
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-025689
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241028
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241029
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241029

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ghingo John F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002042018
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02402
		FILM NUMBER:		241402911

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORMEL PLACE
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55912

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000048465
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				410319970
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1027

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORMEL PL
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55912-3680
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(507) 437-5611

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORMEL PLACE
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55912-3680

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HORMEL GEO A & CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <signatureDate>2024-10-29</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:18.667px; font-size:14pt" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">I hereby constitute and appoint each of Brian D. Johnson, Susan C. McRaith, Kelli M. Hill, Paul R. Kuehneman, and Florence Makope, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution, to: </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">1.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director of Hormel Foods Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and the rules promulgated thereunder; </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; clear:left; float:left">2.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; clear:left; float:left">3.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in my best interest of, or legally required by me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#146;s discretion. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt; clear:left" align="justify">I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#146;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. &nbsp;I hereby acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. &nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such attorney-in-fact hereafter ceases to be an employee of the Company, this Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked solely as to such individual, immediately upon such cessation, without any further action on my part.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">I hereby revoke all previous Powers of Attorney that have been granted by me in connection with my reporting obligations under Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify"><b>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</b>, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of October 17, 2024.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Name: &nbsp;John F. Ghingo</p>
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