DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2017	Mar. 05, 2017
Entity Registrant Name	HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
Entity Central Index Key	0000048465
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jan. 29, 2017
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-29
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Common Stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		528,913,262
Common stock, non-voting
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		0