Premium Standard Farms, LLC, a unit of Smithfield Foods’ hog production subsidiary, Murphy-Brown, changed its name to Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC, effective immediately.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage Co., LLC, Kansas City, Mo., and its sister company, Pine Ridge Farms, LLC, Greenville, N.Y.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., launched an interactive website, www.SmithfieldFoods.com, designed to share "good food" by celebrating the connections made when gathering around the table, exchanging ideas for preparing food for special occasions and providing practical, easy-to-find information.
Smithfield Foods, Inc. released a detailed report of its sustainability results for fiscal 2012 on its newly updated website, www.smithfieldcommitments.com.
Smithfield Foods offers a new downtown dining destination-Taste of Smithfield. The two-story, 8,700-square-foot restaurant shares its new building with Smithfield's retail store.
Smithfield Foods recognized several of the company's facilities and employees for their successful efforts in "creating sustainable value" by implementing and managing innovative
environmental projects.
Cargill Pork, Wichita, Kan., said it paid approximately $33 million to buy a 21,500-acre hog production site near Dalhart, Texas, from Premium Standard Farms LLC, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods.
Processed meats giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., is considering the acquisition of Campofrio Food Group S.A., Madrid, Europe's leading packaged meats company.
Pork processing giant Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., said hired Michael Brown as president and chief operating officer of Farmland Foods, Inc., effective October 4, 2010.
