Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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Smithfield Foods, Inc. Company Profile

When Smithfield Foods waddles up to the trough, the other porkers stand back. Big from acquisitions, the company is the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include more than 50 brands of fresh pork and processed, value-added pork products. Smithfield Foods sells its products under such brand names as Armour, Eckrich, Cook's, Farmland, John Morrell, Patrick Cudahy, Gwaltney, and Healthy Ones. In addition to meat products, the company's specialty foods division offers nuts, desserts, and dressings. Smithfield distributes its meats in the US and abroad, mainly in Mexico, Western Europe, the UK, Poland, and Romania. Smithfield has agreed to be acquired by China's Shuanghui International.