Spam is cool. The 85-year-old canned block of meat has undergone a cultural reinvention.. Hormel has sold a record amount of Spam for seven straight years, and 2022 is on pace for another such ...

Spam is having a revival in popularity, so if you're considering picking up a can for the first time, here's everything you need to know about it.

While Spam’s ingredients are pretty straightforward, its name is more of a mystery. In 1937, Hormel held a competition, with a $100 cash prize, to name the company’s prized pork creation.

According to the official Spam Story, the name was the brainchild of Ken Daigneau, brother of Hormel Food’s VP, who won $100 in the contest to name Spam.

Hormel asks Minneapolis chef Ann Kim to can the Spam, so now it's 'Ann's ham' The Austin, Minn.-based creator of the processed canned pork owns the trademark to the Spam name, which the chef was ...