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In 1949, he bought the former Farmers Produce Company of Willmar and its turkey processing plant. [1] In 1953, it was renamed to Jennie-O after his daughter, Jennifer Olson. [2] Wallace Jerome also played a role in the formation of the current Jennie-O organization. In 1941 Jerome founded the Turkey Store Company. [3]
In 1940, Earl Olson began raising turkeys. In 1949 he bought the former Farmers Produce Company of Willmar and its turkey processing plant. By 1953, Mr. Olson converted Farmer's Produce to a USDA-inspected eviscerated turkey plant and developed the brand name Jennie-O—after Earl and Dorothy Olson's daughter, Jennifer, and the 'O' in Olson.
Jennie-O Turkey Store recalled 54,960 pounds of ground turkey burgers sold at Sam's Club stores nationwide after the meat was linked to a salmonella outbreak in 10 states, said the U.S. Department ...
Wallace H. Jerome (22 March 1909 – 21 June 2006) was an American businessman, and the founder of Jerome Foods, later the Turkey Store Company, which was sold to Hormel Foods and merged with Jennie-O Foods, to form what is known today as the Jennie-O Turkey Store company and products. [1] He is considered a pioneer of the domestic turkey industry.
----- ----- ----- WILLMAR — This Thursday, look for the Jennie-O Turkey Store float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, airing 9 a.m. to noon on NBC. This is the second year the ...
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President Joe Biden pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey Liberty during a ceremony at the White House on November 20, 2023 in Washington, DC with Jose Rojas, left, Vice-President of Jennie-O ...
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