| Component: (Network and Table) | |
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| Network | 30303 - Disclosure - Inventories (Tables) (http://www.hormelfoods.com/role/DisclosureInventoriesTables) |
| Table | (Implied) |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000048465 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Inventories | Period [Axis] | ||||||||||||||||||
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2015-10-26 - 2016-10-30 | |||||||||||||||||||
Inventories | |||||||||||||||||||
Principal components of inventories |
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