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Hormel Foods Opens Its Newest Production Facility In Papillion, Nebraska

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Last updated on June 13th, 2024

Hormel Foods Corp. soon will open its newest production facility, Papillion Foods, located in Papillion, Nebraska, which will make dry sausage products for the company.

“We are excited to be opening up this facility to not only help meet the demand for our branded sausage products, but also provide fantastic career opportunities in our community,” said Ed Finnegan, Papillion Foods plant manager. “We’ve been able to hire a great team thus far and are looking to welcome even more to our family at Papillion Foods.”

Papillion Foods is a 535,000-square-foot facility that Hormel Foods significantly renovated to become a state-of-the-art food processing facility. It includes the latest sustainability processes, such as automated guided vehicles for product transport throughout the plant, automatic rack assists for lifting objects and LED lighting with motion sensors. 

The company will hire nearly 350 team members during the first year of its operations, with the majority being hired locally to fill the open positions. 

Hormel Foods Corp., based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food company with more than $9 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Skippy, Spam, Hormel Natural Choice, Applegate, Justin’s, Wholly, Hormel Black Label, Columbus and more than 30 other brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the “Global 2000 World’s Best Employers” list by Forbes magazine for three straight years, is one of Fortune magazine’s most admired companies, has appeared on Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s “The 100 Best Corporate Citizens” list for the 12th year in a row and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts.

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