text: **FORM 10-K**
  
  **ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF**
  **THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**
  
  **HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION**
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
  
  **DELAWARE**
  (State or other jurisdiction of 
  incorporation or organization)  **41-0319970**
  (I.R.S. Employer 
  Identification No.) 
  
  **55912-3680**
  (Zip Code)  **1 HORMEL PLACE AUSTIN, MINNESOTA**
  (Address of principal executive offices) 
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code**(507) 437-5611**
  
  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act: 
  
  **COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.0586 PER SHARE**
  Title of Each Class 
  **NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE**
  Name of Each Exchange 
  On Which Registered 
  
  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act: 