Jennie-O Turkey Store Montevideo Plant Celebrates 20 Years of Operations

This year marks the 20^th anniversary of the Jennie-O Turkey Store’s Montevideo (Minn.) Plant.

With quality and safety at the forefront of the plans, $14 million was invested to build the new, state-of-the-art facility. The plant began operations in April of 1996 with two production shifts and one clean-up shift.

In the first year, employment at the plant rose from 85 to 150 people, 17 of whom are still there today. Members of the Montevideo Jennie-O Turkey Store team since 1996 are Razil Anderson, Brian Beyer, Brent Boike, Judilyn Boman, Randy Buseman, Dave Dove, Sherrie Gilb, Jerry Haugerud, Karen Henning, Gary Kleven, Shannon Kurtenbach, Deb Lidstrom, Chris Lorenzen, Lola Minke, Scott Nelson, Gary Schultz and Scott Stoeckman. These dedicated employees have contributed tremendous time and effort towards the continued success of the facility.

The original 17 employees will be recognized at an anniversary celebration at the plant this year, along with all of the employees who continue to make George A. Hormel’s vision of establishing a quality meatpacking company a reality.

The Montevideo Plant also celebrated the 125th anniversary of Hormel Foods and the 75th anniversary of Jennie-O Turkey Store this summer, learn more here.