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To-do list for Hormel Foods:  ·  history ·  watch ·  refresh · Updated 2021-10-26 Hormel-related vs. independently-published sources  H  Number of Hormel-related sources [a] 27   I   Number of independently–published sources [b] 39 TOTAL number of sources listed under References 66 Percentage of sources closely related to Hormel 40.91%   Number of ref tags in the article linked to  H  sources 35 Number of ref tags in the article linked to   I   sources 47 TOTAL number of ref tags used in the article 82 Percentage of ref tags closely related to Hormel 42.68% Last updated: 02:26, 24 March 2020 (UTC) All references / ref tags currently used in the article [1] [2] [3] [4] [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [11] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [9] [22] [9] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [12] [29] [30] [31] [25] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [3] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [47] [48] [47] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [54] [12] [12] [55] [56] [57] [12] [58] [27] [59] [1] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] References ^ a b Hughlett, Mike (November 24, 2015). 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" H Form 10-Q Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended July 28, 2019". www.snl.com. {{ cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 11 ( help) ^ globalmeatnews.com. " H Hormel hits energy reduction goal". globalmeatnews.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01. {{ cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 11 ( help) ^ Baskin, Kara (April 8, 2019). "  I  Tackling tough topics at Small Change, Big Impact Food Summit at Harvard". The Boston Globe. {{ cite news}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 11 ( help) ^ Yaffe-Bellany, David (14 October 2019). "  I  The New Makers of Plant-Based Meat? Big Meat Companies". New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2019. {{ cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 11 ( help) ^ " H Annual Report on Form 10-k". SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Retrieved November 26, 2019. {{ cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 11 ( help) Notes ^ Items were marked  H  depending on the nature of the item being reported. If that item were based on a Hormel-issued press release and then reported upon by CNN, businessinsavannah.com, PreparedFoods.com, Food Business News and others, then those items would have been marked  H  even though those publications are independent of the company. ^ Items were marked   I   when those publications were nominally distant from Hormel and also if the nature of their claims were not based on press releases. This includes an Austin Daily Herald article concerning the mistreatment of animals at a Hormel supplier.

It seems a little fishy that there is no item on the "regular" talk page at all: it's all been archived in the past few months, with nothing left here. I was going to note that the article itself seems to have a lot of promotional language (with some exceptions), but this seems to be a bigger concern. That much of the recent history of this page shows involvement by paid employee(s) of the company that is the subject of the article sharpens my concerns. -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 23:20, 16 February 2022 (UTC) reply