Hormel’s Jennie-O Turkey Store in Willmar, Minn., scored $7,144,000 for “production and delivery of small cooked deli breasts.” The turkey breasts are part of a larger $100 million package of grants for canned fruit, canned pork, and sliced ham to stock food pantries nationwide, presumably for the needy and jobless folks who didn’t get hired despite the flood of federal stimulus funds. Initially, Jennie-O said the project would create or save 384 jobs. However, those employees worked for just one week to fill the orders.
Actual permanent jobs created: Zero