Company Names Chad Randick Successor
AUSTIN,
Minn., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel
Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded
food company, today announced that Jeff
Grev, vice president of legislative affairs, will be
retiring after a 40-year career with the company. Chad Randick, director of strategy and current
lead of the company's transformation and modernization initiative,
will succeed Grev as vice president of legislative affairs.
"I want to thank Jeff for his four decades of extraordinary
service to our company. I'm grateful for his leadership, vision and
the significant contributions he made in sales, marketing,
corporate development and most recently as vice president of
legislative affairs," said Jim Snee,
chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of
Hormel Foods. "I wish Jeff and his wife Chris all the best in
retirement."
As vice president of legislative affairs, Randick will assume
responsibility for overseeing all state and federal legislative
affairs, and regulatory affairs.
"Chad's deep knowledge of our business and leadership experience
in finance, sales, operations and business management makes him the
ideal person to lead our legislative and regulatory affairs efforts
going forward," Snee said.
About Jeff Grev
Grev
began his career in 1984 in sales in Louisville, Kentucky. A year later, he became
a sales representative for the Michigan territory and then the New England
territory. In 1987, he advanced to the manager of sales training at
the Corporate Office (Austin,
Minnesota.). Grev became an associate product manager in
1988, and held several marketing positions until 1996, when he
became a group product manager. In 2006, he took on a special
assignment to become the general manager of the Valley Fresh Foods
business based at the Corporate Office. He was named corporate
manager of mergers and acquisitions in 2007, and then director of
corporate development in 2013. He assumed his current role of vice
president of legislative affairs in 2014.
About Chad
Randick
Randick began his career with the company in
1994 as a cost accountant. He became a credit analyst and senior
credit analyst before being promoted to manager of accounts payable
and payroll for the Jennie-O business in 1996. Randick spent almost
the next two decades in the Jennie-O business, advancing through
roles of general accounting manager, several regional sales
managers, and director of sales before being named to vice
president of the Jennie-O foodservice division in 2013. Two years
later, he became the president of the Burke Corporation team in
Nevada, Iowa. Randick was named to his current role of
Director of Strategy and current lead for the company's
transformation and modernization initiative in 2023.
About Hormel Foods — Inspired People. Inspired
Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food
company with over $12 billion in
annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands
include Planters®, Skippy®,
SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®,
Applegate®,
Justin's®, Wholly®, Hormel® Black
Label®, Columbus®,
Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands.
The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P
500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of the best companies to
work for by U.S. News & World Report, one of America's most
responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized on Fast Company's
list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, received a perfect
score of 100 on the 2023–24 Corporate Equality Index and has
received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate
responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by
its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired
Food.™ — to bring some of the world's most trusted
and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information,
visit hormelfoods.com.
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