bone fragment /injury.
if anyone can share similiar stories or needs more infomations, or can provide asssistance please reach out to me. i made a purchase of columbus meats/hormel products in northern california. on march 15 , 2026 during eating the deli meat i bit into three different bone fragments that caused injury to my mouth. i sought medical treatment the day after. i submitted an incident report at the store where i made the purchase. i also contacted hormel customer support with phone calls and emails. i provided receipts, photos of the injuries to my mouth and other supporting documents. in conversations on the phone and via electronic communications they accepted responbility for the injury . they said they would conduct an investigation. after a while they messaged and said that a check would be mailed to compensate for the negative experience and injuries. i contacted them the week of march 30 to follow up and learned the dollar amount of the check would be 25$. i was shocked that was their monetary assessment. i asked the rep "h" if hormel assessed the pain and suffering of the injury of the injury in determining payment amount. "h" said yes. the day before i spoke with "L" and asked for for the address, email or phone of the legal department, she refused to provide the information and asked for her manager, "H" to contact me. I then asked repeatedly for the same information, from "H". for the first few minutes she was adamant she could not provide the information. She then admitted that she worked for the legal department, then i asked her for the address again. she then insisted that i never asked her for the physical address..because she possibliy inadvertently admitted to being part of the legal department. she finally gave me the address. Both "L' and "H' that only my legal rep could contact the legal department. I then said that i believed that i could pursue with a small claims case on my own, if so chose.
Hormel and their staff obviously omits facts when communicating with those people possibly seeking compensation for injuries caused by their food products. 25$ is not adequate compensation for injuries. I strongly believe that they readily send small payments and coupons because most people are appeased by some type of response. but, also cashing those small checks gives them ability to say, in the event that they are taken to court..that the claimants case was deemed closed because they cashed the check. Dishonest, combative telephone conversations from their staff
please post your experiences with hormel .
