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The '''Smithfield Packing Company''' sells meat products such as [[ham]], [[ground pork]], [[pork chops]], [[bacon]], and [[lunch meat]]. It sells its products worldwide. The company was founded on September 16, 1936. It is based in Smithfield, Virginia. It is part of [[Smithfield Foods]] which is in turn a subsidiary of [[WH Group]].<ref name="PackingBloom">{{cite web |title=Smithfield Packing Co Inc/The |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/343154Z:US |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg, L.P. |accessdate=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="ShaprioDaily" /> |
The '''Smithfield Packing Company''' sells meat products such as [[ham]], [[ground pork]], [[pork chops]], [[bacon]], and [[lunch meat]]. It sells its products worldwide. The company was founded on September 16, 1936. It is based in Smithfield, Virginia. It is part of [[Smithfield Foods]] which is in turn a subsidiary of [[WH Group]].<ref name="PackingBloom">{{cite web |title=Smithfield Packing Co Inc/The |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/343154Z:US |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg, L.P. |accessdate=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="ShaprioDaily" /> |
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Smithfield Packing opened a large facility in [[Tar Heel, North Carolina in 1992.]] |
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As of 2012, Smithfield Packing employed about 12,500 people and has sales of about $4 billion.<ref name="ShaprioDaily">{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Michael Welles |title=Smithfield Packing to close Maryland ham plant |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20130316-2013-03-16-dp-nws-smithfield-plant-closure-20130316-story.html |accessdate=26 September 2019 |work=The Daily Press |publisher=The Daily Press Media Group |date=16 March 2013}}</ref> |
As of 2012, Smithfield Packing employed about 12,500 people and has sales of about $4 billion.<ref name="ShaprioDaily">{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Michael Welles |title=Smithfield Packing to close Maryland ham plant |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20130316-2013-03-16-dp-nws-smithfield-plant-closure-20130316-story.html |accessdate=26 September 2019 |work=The Daily Press |publisher=The Daily Press Media Group |date=16 March 2013}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:19, 24 October 2019
The Smithfield Packing Company sells meat products such as ham, ground pork, pork chops, bacon, and lunch meat. It sells its products worldwide. The company was founded on September 16, 1936. It is based in Smithfield, Virginia. It is part of Smithfield Foods which is in turn a subsidiary of WH Group.[1][2]
Smithfield Packing opened a large facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina in 1992.
As of 2012, Smithfield Packing employed about 12,500 people and has sales of about $4 billion.[2]
In November 2012, Smithfield Packing began the process of shutting down a plant in Portsmouth, Virginia that made hot dogs and deli meats and moving it to Kinston, North Carolina.[2]
In March 2013, Smithfield Packing announced the closure of a bone-in ham plant located in Landover, Maryland. The company said it would attempt to employee the affected workers at other locations.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Smithfield Packing Co Inc/The". Bloomberg. Bloomberg, L.P. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d Shapiro, Michael Welles (16 March 2013). "Smithfield Packing to close Maryland ham plant". The Daily Press. The Daily Press Media Group. Retrieved 26 September 2019.