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Smithfield Foods, Inc. Company Profile
When Smithfield Foods waddles up to the trough, the other porkers stand back. Fat from acquisitions, the company is the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include fresh pork and processed, value-added pork products sold under the Armour, Cook's, John Morrell, Lykes, Patrick Cudahy, and Smithfield Premium names. Smithfield distributes its meats in the US and internationally, mainly in Mexico, Western Europe, the UK, Poland, Romania, and China. In addition to pork, the company produces turkey and turkey products through its Armour-Eckrich operations and its minority holding in Butterball.
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Contact Information
Address: 200 Commerce St.
Smithfield, VA 23430
Phone:757-365-3000
Fax:757-365-3017
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:April
Revenue (2009):12487.70 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr):10.00%
Employees (2009):52,400
Employee Growth (1 yr):(-9.80%)
Key People
Chairman: Joseph W. Luter III
President, CEO, and Director: C. Larry Pope
CIO: Mansour T. Zadeh
Industry Information
Sector: Consumer Goods
Industry: Meat Products
Top Competitors
Cargill Meat Solutions
Hormel Foods Corporation (hrl)
Tyson Foods, Inc. (tsn)
 


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