DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 28, 2019	Jun. 02, 2019
Entity Registrant Name	HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
Entity Central Index Key	0000048465
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Apr. 28, 2019
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-27
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Entity Smaller Reporting Company	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Common Stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		533,844,537
Common Stock, Non-voting
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		0