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The Hormel Food CompanySpam is owned by the Hormel Food Company and was founded by Jay Hormel in the late 1930’s. Spam was a popular alternative to corned beef in the second world war, and has since thrived in sales due to its historical and comical values.

George A. Hormel, an ambitious entrepreneur and the son of German immigrants, established today’s Hormel Foods Corporation in 1891 as Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in Austin, Minn. Sales of fresh pork products flourished in the late 1890s. The company set up its first branch sales office in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1901. It was Jay C. Hormel who brought a penchant for invention to his father’s company. Jay's innovative thinking brought about a host of exciting new products, including Dinty Moore® beef stew and Hormel® chili in 1935. In 1937, Geo. A. Hormel & Co. introduced a product that would become world-renowned–SPAM® luncheon meat.Hormel Foods has been named one of “The 400 Best Big Companies in America” by Forbes Magazine for ten consecutive years since 1999. In 2008, Hormel Foods was honored with the Food Processor of the Year award by Food Processing magazine, recognizing the strength of it's portfolio as a successful balance between innovation and tradition.