https://brandtree.org/company/hormelAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Hormel Foods.https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-planters-2021https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-planters-2021Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTHormel bought the Planters nut business from Kraft Heinz, which was selling non-core brands to reduce debt after the failure of its cost-cutting strategy. It was the largest acquisition Hormel had made.https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-columbus-2017https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-columbus-2017Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTHormel acquired Columbus Manufacturing for about $850 million, buying a San Francisco maker of salami and Italian-style deli meats founded by an immigrant family in 1917. It gave Hormel a premium delicatessen business sold at the counter rather than from the shelf.https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-applegate-2015https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-applegate-2015Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTHormel acquired Applegate Farms for about $775 million. Applegate sells meat raised without antibiotics and free from artificial ingredients, claims it had built a business on well before they were common, and it continues to source from independent farms rather than from its parent's supply chain.https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-skippy-2013https://brandtree.org/deal/hormel-acquires-skippy-2013Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMTHormel acquired Skippy from Unilever for about $700 million, buying the second largest peanut butter brand in the United States. Unilever had held it since taking over Bestfoods in 2000 and was narrowing its food portfolio; Hormel was broadening beyond tinned meat.