Hormel Foods Adding 210 Jobs, Nearly Doubling Size Of Its Iowa Plant

Hormel Foods Corp. plans to expand its Nevada, Iowa, plant and hire an additional 210 employees. 

Burke Marketing Corp., a subsidiary of Hormel, will add 200,000 square feet to its 225,000 square foot facility, according to Iowa Economic Development Authority documents. 

The food giant, based in Austin, Minnesota, received $10.5 million in state economic development incentives Friday. That included $7.5 million in investment tax credits, $3 million in tax refunds and $12,000 in research activities tax credits. 

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