EXHIBIT 24.1

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director and/or officer of Hormel Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Jeffrey M. Ettinger, John F. Ghingo, Paul R. Kuehneman, and Colleen R. Batcheler and each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, and all documents relating thereto, in each case, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the securities of said Company covered by the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.