Industry: Consumer Non-Durables – Meat/Poultry/Fish
Stock Symbol: HRL – NYSE
Indexes: S&P 500, Fortune 500
Animal Usage: Meat/Dairy/Eggs
Hormel Foods Corporation is on the list of Cruelty Free Investing use of animals for selling food products made of meat, eggs, pork, hogs, turkeys, etc.
Additional info:
PETA went undercover at an Iowa pig factory farm, which supplies piglets who are raised and killed for Hormel products. As per PETA’s investigation, “PETA found rampant cruelty to animals committed by workers and supervisors”.
Hormel stops operations at supplier farm after video shows animal abuse.
Hormel Foods Corporation is an American food company based in Austin, Minnesota. Hormel sells food under many brands, including the Applegate, Chi-Chi’s, Dinty Moore, Farmer John, Herdez, Jennie-O, Justin’s, Lloyd’s, Muscle Milk, Skippy, Spam, Stagg, La Victoria and Wholly Guacamole brands, as well as under its own name.
Website: http://www.hormelfoods.com