Hormel to Raise Prices on Spam, Dinty Moore and Other Products Apr 19, 2004 The Associated Press AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) - Hormel Foods Corp. plans to raise prices on Spam and hundreds of other packaged food items by 4.5 percent to 6.5 percent because of rising commodity prices and other costs, a spokeswoman said Monday night. The prices of products such as Spam canned meats, Dinty Moore beef stew, Hormel chili, Chi-Chi's salsas and all other Hormel nonrefrigerated packaged products will increase in June, spokeswoman Julie Craven said. Those products account for about 18 percent of the Austin, Minn.-based company's...