Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc.

Jennie-O Turkey Store Inc., doing business as Jennie O Foods, is a Hormel Foods Corporation subsidiary based in Willmar, Minnesota, that supplies frozen, chilled, and processed turkey commodities to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations on its federal work. The vendor operates as a manufacturer of goods under NAICS 311615 (Poultry Processing) and PSC 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish), with a 35-year federal contracting footprint anchored entirely in USDA food donation and nutrition assistance programs.

Jennie-O's federal work is concentrated almost entirely within the Department of Agriculture. The top five customer line items account for 88 percent of awards: the Food and Nutrition Service (266 awards, $693.8 million combined potential value), the Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock Poultry and Seed Program (100 awards, $241.5 million), the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (35 awards, $204.3 million), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (45 awards), and the Agricultural Marketing Service (235 awards, $740 thousand). By potential value, the same three agencies dominate at 94 percent combined: FNS leads at $693.8 million, followed by the Livestock Poultry and Seed Program at $241.5 million and AMS Washington Office at $204.3 million. The vendor holds a single multiple-award indefinite delivery contract with AMS valued at $16 million through June 2024 for canned pork taco filling and other commodity food products.

Jennie-O's capability portfolio centers on commodity turkey products for federal nutrition assistance. Representative recent awards include a $34 million frozen turkey breast contract from FNS (August 2024) for cooked and deli-sliced frozen turkey in bulk containers and 20-pound packages; a $25.8 million mixed-product award (May 2023) covering smoked turkey breast, turkey ham, taco filling, turkey roasts, and deli-sliced items; and a $15.8 million contract (May 2025) for frozen and deli-sliced turkey breast and turkey taco filling. Performance occurs at Jennie-O's facilities in Willmar and Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, with firm fixed-price pricing and no set-aside designations across the visible award population. The vendor supplies chilled bulk turkey, boneless skinless turkey thighs, smoked turkey breast products, turkey ham, frozen turkey roasts, and turkey taco filling—all meeting U.S. origin requirements under the Agricultural Acquisition Regulation.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year: twelve awards in 2022, sixteen in 2023, seventeen in 2024, twelve in 2025, and eight awards by mid-2026. The combined potential value across all 775 awards totals $1.23 billion, though actual dollars obligated reached $1.42 billion, indicating the vendor has delivered beyond initial contract values across its portfolio. Four awards worth $20.3 million combined face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. Jennie-O does not subcontract and carries no visible sub-awards; the vendor operates as a prime on 100 percent of recent federal work. The vendor's federal footprint is entirely commodity procurement for domestic food assistance — school nutrition programs, food banks, and USDA nutrition initiatives — with no visible work in other civilian IT, professional services, or defense markets.