DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 29, 2018	Sep. 02, 2018
Entity Registrant Name	HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
Entity Central Index Key	0000048465
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jul. 29, 2018
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-28
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Common Stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		533,117,904
Common Stock, Non-voting
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		0