SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

A producer of packaged meats and fresh pork, Smithfield Foods operates across the full supply chain from hog production through processing and distribution. The company processes fresh meat into packaged products including bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli meats, and prepared foods sold under brands such as Smithfield, Eckrich, Armour, Farmer John, and Farmland, as well as private labels for retail and foodservice customers.

The business consists of three primary segments. The Packaged Meats segment converts fresh meat into value-added products for retail and foodservice distribution. The Fresh Pork segment processes live hogs into primal cuts, sub-primal products, and offal for sale to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers, with significant export activity to China, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and Canada. The Hog Production segment raises hogs on company-owned farms and through third-party contract farmer arrangements in the United States and Mexico, and also sells grains to external customers. The company maintains a separate bioscience operation that manufactures heparin products from hog byproducts.

Smithfield Foods employs 34,500 full-time workers and operates as a subsidiary of SFDS UK Holdings Limited. The company was incorporated in Virginia and is headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, with operations spanning domestic and international markets.