Hormel’s Albers to retire; new managers named

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, April 5, 2000

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Hormel Foods Corp.

Wednesday, April 05, 2000

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Hormel Foods Corp. has announced the retirement of a long-time manager and new responsibilities for three managers.

Floyd J. Albers, manager of the Austin plant, announced his planned retirement, effective April 28. Albers is concluding a 39-year Hormel Foods career.

He will be succeeded by Jeffrey A. Nuytten, manager of the Osceola Foods plant in Osceola, Iowa, a subsidiary of Hormel Foods.

Replacing Nuytten as manager of the Osceola Foods plant will be Mark A. Coffey, manager of the Dold Foods plants in Wichita, Kan., a company subsidiary.

The new manager of the Dold Foods plant will be Albert C. Lieberum, manager of the Park Ten Foods plant in Houston, Texas, another subsidiary.

Steven J. Weers, superintendent of ham processing at Osceola Foods, will assume new duties as manager of Park Ten Foods.

Albers began his career with Hormel Foods in June 1960 as a hog buyer at the former Fort Dodge, Iowa, plant and, later held numerous management positions at Fremont, Neb., and at the corporate offices in Austin.

In November 1987, he was named manager of the Rochelle Foods plant in Rochelle, Ill., and became manager of the Austin plant in May 1995.

As manager of the Austin plant, Nuytten will oversee the manufacture of a wide variety of consumer-branded meat and grocery products. The flagship plant is the largest of the company’s 12 manufacturing facilities, totaling more than 1.1 million square feet, with about 1,400 employees.

A 20-year Hormel Foods employee, Nuytten has served as manager of the Osceola Foods plant for four years. He began his career in production management at the Fort Dodge plant in June 1979 and, three months later, transferred to the Fremont plant where he held various supervisory positions.

In July 1987, Nuytten was named plant superintendent at Dold Foods and, in February 1992, was relocated to the Austin plant as superintendent of cured and smoked meats production. He returned to Dold Foods in May 1994, when he was advanced to plant manager and was named manager of the Osceola Foods plant in March 1996.

In his new capacity at Osceola Foods, Coffey will be responsible for all operations at the plant that manufactures fresh pork, and a variety of retail, deli and food service bacon, smoked and cooked hams, and prepared sausage and turkey products. Operations at the plant started in August 1996 after it was acquired by Hormel Foods one year earlier. The plant employs approximately 550 people.

As manager of the Dold Foods plant, Lieberum will oversee the manufacture of numerous fresh bacon products and ham boning operations. Purchased by Hormel Foods in 1984, Dold Foods has more than 300 employees.

In his new capacity as manager of the Park Ten Foods plant, Weers will be responsible for the production of a number of meat products, including Cure 81 ham, precooked bacon and boneless hams for both retail and food service. Park Ten Foods, employing approximately 100 people, began operations in mid-1999.