HRL Hormel Foods Corporation

Your Vote Counts! *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # V59678-P20413 HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by January 27, 2025 11:59 PM EST. For shares held in a Plan, vote by January 23, 2025 11:59 PM EST. HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION ATTN: BRIAN D. JOHNSON 1 HORMEL PLACE AUSTIN, MN 55912-3680 You invested in HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the stockholder meeting to be held on January 28, 2025. Get informed before you vote View the Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to January 14, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* January 28, 2025 6:00 p.m. CST Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HRL2025

Vote at www.ProxyVote.com Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Delivery Settings”. Voting Items Board Recommends V59679-P20413 THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. 1. Elect a board of 10 directors: Nominees: 1a. Gary C. Bhojwani For 1b. Stephen M. Lacy For 1c. Elsa A. Murano, Ph.D. For 1d. William A. Newlands For 1e. Christopher J. Policinski For 1f. Debbra L. Schoneman For 1g. Sally J. Smith For 1h. James P. Snee For 1i. Steven A. White For 1j. Michael P. Zechmeister For 2. Ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 26, 2025. For 3. Approve the Named Executive Officer compensation as disclosed in the Company’s 2025 annual meeting proxy statement. For 4. Stockholder proposal requesting publication of targets for significantly increasing group sow housing in the Company’s supply chain, if properly presented at the meeting. Against Note: In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. elp us protect the environment and sign up for electronic delivery by visiting www.proxyvote.com.