<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-25-024266.txt : 20250911
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20250911160212
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-25-024266
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250805
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250911
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250911

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ETTINGER JEFFREY M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001192933
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02402
		FILM NUMBER:		251308478

	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
		EIN:				410319970
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1026

	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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    <periodOfReport>2025-08-05</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2025-08-07</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000048465</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HRL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001192933</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ETTINGER JEFFREY M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1 HORMEL PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AUSTIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55912</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Interim CEO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>28.30</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-08-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>750000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2035-08-05</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 4/A is filed to correct the description of the stock option grant made to the Reporting Person on August 5, 2025 (the &quot;August Stock Option Grant&quot;) and reported on a Form 4 filed August 7, 2025 (the &quot;Original Form 4&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Original Form 4 reported in Table Two, Columns Five and Seven, that the August Stock Option Grant represented a right to purchase up to 1,058,800 shares of Issuer Common Stock. As reflected on this Form 4/A, the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock subject to the August Stock Option Grant was automatically capped at 750,000 shares by operation of an annual individual participation limit in the Hormel Foods Corporation 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The difference in value between the August Stock Option Grant reported on the Original Form 4 and this Form 4/A is expected to be granted to the Reporting Person as a stock option grant in early calendar year 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">As reported on the Original Form 4, the option vests in two equal installments, with the first group vesting on October 25, 2026, and the second group vesting on April 25, 2027.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Benjamin S. Borden, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-09-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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