Hormel 'Most Innovative Company'

American Business Awards honors Hormel

By Herald staff (Contact) | Austin Daily Herald

Published Thursday, July 2, 2009

Hormel Foods Corp. was named Most Innovative Company of the Year in the More Than 2,500 Employees category at the 2009 American Business Awards Tuesday in New York City.

Other Stevie Award finalists included salesforce.com inc. of San Francisco and Wingstop Restaurants, Inc. of Richardson, Texas.

With approximately 600 executives in attendance, the 2009 American Business Awards honored a diverse cross-section of American business people, corporations, nonprofits and government agencies reflecting every important aspect of business today, from C-Suite executives to support staff; major public companies to emerging start-ups; customer services teams to corporate communicators.

More than 2,600 entries were submitted for The 2009 American Business Awards.  More than 200 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year’s finalists and Stevie Award winners.

Winners of multiple awards include Accenture, Apple, Constant Contact, High Performance Technologies, John Hancock, LifeLock, Makovsky + Company, RCN Corporation and Sirtris a GSK Company.

A portion of each ticket sold to the gala event was contributed to SCORE, "Counselors to America's Small Business," a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.

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