WASHINGTON – A southern Minnesota company, Hormel Foods of Austin, has been placed by Newsweek magazine on its America’s Most Trustworthy Companies list. Hormel was Number 10 nationally in the food and beverage category. The leaders: Campbell Soup, Hershey, Flowers Foods, Boston Beer, Simply Good Foods, Kraft Heinz, General Mills, US Foods and Kellogg. For the list Newsweek commissioned the survey company Statista to to evaluate U.S. corporations in 22 industries with at least $500 million annual revenues. More than 50,000 U.S. residents were sampled. Among the companies that made the list:
Minnesota
> Automotive and components: Polaris, ninth.
> Banks: U.S. Bank, 15th.
> Consumer hoods: Vista Outdoor, 18th.
> Energy and utilities: Xcel Energy, 27th,
> Financial Services: Deluxe, 11th.
> Financial Services: Ameriprise, 20th.
> Food and beverage: General Mills, seventh.
> Food and beverage: Hormel, 10th.
> Health care and life sciences: UnitedHealth, 19th.
> Machines and industrial equipment: Toro, 11th.
> Machines and industrial equipment: Graco, 16th.
> Retail: Target, 17th.
> Travel, dining and leisure: Regis, eighth.
Wisconsin
> Automotive and components: Harley-Davidson, second.
> Consumer hoods: Johnson Outdoors, 18th.
> Energy and utilities: Alliant Energy, 21st,
> Machines and industrial equipment: Snap-On, eighth.
> Machines and industrial equipment: Generac, 15th.
> Software and telecommunication: Rockwell Automation, 30th.
> Textiles, clothing and luxury goods: Lands End, 10th.
> Transport, logistics and packaging: Schneider National. 15th.
Meat packer. In Austin 130 years.
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Jim Snee, Hormel chief executive officer: “Trust in our company has been built by doing what we say we are going to do, and we will continue to live up to our commitments as a thought leader and a trusted partner for our customers, consumers, and communities.”