Hormel Foods President & CEO to RetireHormel Foods President & CEO to Retire

James P. Snee will retire at the end of the company's fiscal year.

Kristen Kazarian, Managing Editor

January 14, 2025

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Snee has been with Hormel Foods for 36 years.
Snee has been with Hormel Foods for 36 years.Hormel Foods

Hormel Foods has announced that James P. Snee, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer, will retire at the end of fiscal 2025. Snee has been with the company for 36 years.

The Board has formed a search committee and will benefit from its existing CEO-succession process to identify Snee's successor. Internal and external candidates are being considered. Snee has agreed that once his successor is named, he will serve as a strategic advisor to the Board through the 18 months after the end of fiscal year 2025.

"As CEO of Hormel Foods for the last eight years, I have been blessed to work alongside the most talented and committed team in the industry. I am proud of the impactful, innovative and transformational work we have accomplished during my tenure, which has been a period of rapid and significant change. My heartfelt gratitude goes to the leaders who came before me and to all the dedicated colleagues I've worked with during my 36-year career. As we begin this transition, I'm confident in the bright future that lies ahead for Hormel Foods.," said Snee.

Under Snee's leadership, the company grew its protein-centric brands with acquisitions in its Retail, Foodservice and International segments: the PLANTERS snacking portfolio, the FONTANINI branded foodservice business, and the South America-focused CERATTI brand. Snee also launched critical initiatives designed to position the company for long-term success, including the reorganization of its operating model for greater consumer and customer focus and, most recently, the Transform & Modernize for growth initiative. During Snee's tenure, the company continued its legacy of dividend growth.

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Snee continues to be a candidate for election to the Board at its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is scheduled for January 28, 2025. If elected, Snee is expected to serve as a director until a successor assumes his executive roles.

About the Author

Kristen Kazarian

Managing Editor

Kristen Kazarian has been a writer and editor for more than three decades. She has worked at several consumer magazines and B2B publications in the fields of food and beverage, packaging, processing, women's interest, local news, health and nutrition, fashion and beauty, automotive, and IT.

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