CHICAGO, Sept 10 - Smithfield Foods Inc, known as the largest hog and pork producer in the world, is transforming itself into a packaged-foods company that is less reliant on hogs and lower-margin fresh pork...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Aug 26 - Smithfield Foods Inc, has closed plants, renegotiated debt, sold assets, and reduced its hog herd in the past year, and has a strong balance sheet, the company's chief executive officer...
SMITHFIELD, Va., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As a vertically integrated pork company, Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) owns or controls by contract a large share of the animals it processes in the United States. Vertical integration...
- Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc and chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc reported losses on Tuesday as sharply higher feed prices continue to weigh on the U.S. meat industry...
* Pricing disappoints investors, shares fall * Proceeds aimed at strengthening balance sheet (Recasts; Adds details, background, updates stock action, changes dateline, previously BANGALORE) CHICAGO, Sept 17 - U.S. hog and pork producer Smithfield Foo...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Aug 26 - Smithfield Foods Inc, has closed plants, renegotiated debt, sold assets, and reduced its hog herd in the past year, and has a...
* Will run 3 instead of 7 independent operating companies * Will close 6 processing plants, cut about 1,800 jobs * Shares down 6.8 pct. (Recasts, adds, analyst comment, byline) CHICAGO, Feb 17 - Smithfield...
* Pricing disappoints investors, shares fall * Discounted price on shares not unusual - analyst * Proceeds aimed at strengthening balance sheet (Recasts; adds analyst comment, updates stock action) CHICAGO, Sept 17 - U.S. hog...
* Will run 3 instead of 7 independent operating companies * Will close 6 processing plants * About 1,800 jobs to be lost * Shares fall 7.1 pct (Recasts; adds details, analyst comment, changes dateline,...
* China to soon make formal announcement to end US pork ban * US hog futures, Smithfield stock rise on ban ending * End to China pork ban unrelated to end of US poultry ban...