Hormel Foods was recently recognized with a silver Stevie Award in the Employer of the Year – Food and Beverage category.

Stevie Awards recognize the world’s best employers and the human resources professionals, team achievements and HR-related products and suppliers who help create and drive best places to work.

“It is a great honor to be recognized with a Stevie Award as an Employer of the Year in the food and beverage industry,” said Janet Hogan, senior vice president of human resources. “It is a true testament to our culture that inspires people to support each other in a way that is irreplaceable, which makes Hormel Foods a great place to work.”

Hogan accepted the award on behalf of Hormel Foods.

Hormel Foods was selected for:

• Being an innovative, promote-from-within company that genuinely cares about its people and consumers;

• Having a collaborative culture with nine employee resource groups; and

• Having robust training programs.

More than 500 nominations from organizations around the world wereevaluated in this year’s competition. A complete list of gold, silver and bronze Stevie Award winners is available at www.StevieAwards.com/HR.