DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Jun. 04, 2017
Entity Registrant Name	HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
Entity Central Index Key	0000048465
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Apr. 30, 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	Q2
Common Stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		528,550,346
Common stock, non-voting
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		0