Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD

What this company does

Smithfield Foods, Inc. produces a wide variety of packaged meats and fresh pork products primarily in the United States. The company has been headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia since 1936. It employs approximately 32,000 people in the United States and 2,500 people in Mexico. Smithfield is a majority owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based WH Group Limited. It conducts its operations through three reportable segments, Packaged Meats, Fresh Pork and Hog Production, along with two other operating segments, Mexico and Bioscience, which are aggregated and reported as “Other.” The Packaged Meats segment processes fresh meat into products such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and lunch meats, dry sausage products, ham products, ready-to-eat products and prepared foods. The Fresh Pork segment processes live hogs into primal, sub-primal and offal products such as bellies, butts, hams, loins, picnics and ribs.

Written from the business description in SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 24 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.