Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American meat processing company. Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, it runs facilities in 26 U.S. states, including the largest slaughterhouse and meat-processing plant in the world, located in Tar Heel, North Carolina. It also has operations in Mexico and in 10 European countries, with a global total of over 46,000 employees and an annual revenue of $14 billion. Smithfield was purchased in 2013 by Chinese-based and state-owned holding company Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. Shuanghui Group is the world's largest pork producer and processor. Smithfield was founded in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter and his son as the Smithfield Packing Company, now its largest subsidiary. From 1981, it began to purchase companies such as Eckrich, Farmland Foods of Kansas, G

Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American meat processing company. Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, it runs facilities in 26 U.S. states, including the largest slaughterhouse and meat-processing plant in the world, located in Tar Heel, North Carolina. It also has operations in Mexico and in 10 European countries, with a global total of over 46,000 employees and an annual revenue of $14 billion. Smithfield was purchased in 2013 by Chinese-based and state-owned holding company Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. Shuanghui Group is the world's largest pork producer and processor. Smithfield was founded in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter and his son as the Smithfield Packing Company, now its largest subsidiary. From 1981, it began to purchase companies such as Eckrich, Farmland Foods of Kansas, G