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| 1092 | Smart-consumption of food is coming to Dubai starting next year | Residents and tourists will be able to scan their food for nutritional information and track the products from farm to fork. | <p>The Dubai Municipality had launched the Food Watch digital platform since November to digitalise food safety and nutritional information of all food items. The smart platform is at a stage of collecting data and it will start to operate early next year.<br />Using an app and the website, residents and tourists will be able to find information about the nutritional value of the product they want to purchase and adapt their diet. Schools are also expected to benefit from the smart platform by July where parents will be able to monitor what their children eat at school and separate meal plans, informs <a href="https://www.salaamgateway.com/en/story/dubai_residents_tourists_might_be_able_to_scan_their_food_by_2019-SALAAM13042018030404/">Salaam Gateway</a>.</p> <p>"The platform is a full system that will take a while to gather data for it to be inclusive. While it will be implemented in stages, we expect it to be functional by 2020 in digitally monitoring the food coming into eateries using smart technology and helping consumers make their own dietary choices," said Bobby Krishna, food safety specialist at the Dubai Municipality.<br />The revolutionary system will register also the food establishments in Dubai to help suppliers prove their credibility through providing the process of food manufacturing.</p> <p>Sultan Al Tahir, head of food inspection section in the food safety department of the Dubai Municipality, said the customised platform will help food businesses identify and manage food safety risks more precisely, in addition to food inspectors who can track which restaurant to inspect more often.</p> <p>"Food safety management systems have been largely paper-based and it costs food industry and the government enormous time and resources. Food Watch will transform this by building trust around digital, permanent and auditable record-keeping. Every person-in-charge of food establishment will get smart applications to manage daily food safety check," said Taher.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2018-04-13 14:37:42 | 2025-08-11 18:08:53 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5457 | Smart-farming systems implemented by CP Foods to increase animal welfare | The "Smart Farm" system has been integrated with the company's farming business during the last few months.. | <p>Thai Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) has applied cutting-edge technologies and environmentally-friendly innovations, integrating smart farm systems and blockchain technology into animal husbandry to leverage “BASIC HEALTHY OF ANIMALS” in conjunction with animal welfare standards. The effort helps CP Foods significantly reduce dependence on antibiotics and increase consumer confidence in food safety standards. <br />Dr. Payungsak Somyanontanagul, D.V.M, Vice President Farm Standard and Regulatory as Head of Ambition – Animal Welfare at CP Foods, said the company recognizes that Animal Welfare is directly related to food quality and safety. Thus, the company has established a policy on animal welfare and prudent use of antimicrobials to raised animals ethically, ensuring the well-being of animals in line with international regulations and laws. To put policies into practice, multiple digital solutions and technologies have been adopted to support the live of animals at farms.</p> <p>The "Smart Farm" system has therefore been integrated with the company's farming business. A vast amount of online information being collected by the company has resulted in big data to be used for analysis and optimize efficiency. CP Foods has also adopted blockchain technology to build and raise the level of confidence in a wide range of information and, ultimately, create transparent traceability. <br />The data analysis enables CP Foods to come up with precision feed formulation, and a living environment that is comfortable for animals in each age range. This will enhance the natural animal's growth more effectively. <br />In addition to in-depth data analysis, CP Foods has implemented multiple hi-tech innovations at its smart farms to keep animals in healthy condition and minimize the contact between human and animal, such as the use of surveillance cameras and IoT technology to help remotely control animal health monitoring and displays real-time results and data analysis. Also, the Smart Farm system provides timely warning of abnormal status within the farms. For example, the company has applied a sound talk system to detect the coughing sound of pigs to monitor and analyze their health conditions. <br />These innovations are not only helping animals to live comfortably but also enabling farms operators to take care of the animals and manage work via mobile anywhere, anytime.</p> <p>"Smart Farm can reduce feed wastage and significantly efficient production cost. Most importantly, it also increases biosecurity and keep farms safe from disease outbreak. If minimize risk of disease and enhance good animal well-being, this leads to a reduction in the use of antibiotics,” Dr. Payungsak Somyanontanagul summarized.</p> <p>Aside from its own business, the company introduces solutions, such as automatic feeding and watering systems, remote observation system, etc., to its contract farmers. This is to make sure that consumers around the world have received high-quality, hygienic, and safe meats from internationally recognized animal welfare practices.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2022-05-04 07:46:54 | 2025-08-11 21:24:54 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2536 | Smithfield buys Romanian-based Maier Com | The largest Romanian meat producer has announced the acquisition of Maier Com, a small-sized independent unit which produces cold cuts in Arad County, in January 2019. | <p>Maier Com, founded 25 years ago, was owned by Romanian businessman Radu Maier. "This acquisition of Maier is in line with Smithfield's strategic development plan and aims to strengthen Smithfield Romania's operations by adding a new meat processing unit to existing capacities in Romania (farms, slaughterhouse, sausage factories). This will allow us to further develop our value-added products by using pork produced in an integrated system and using it as a raw material for sausage," Cristina Bodea, Smithfield Romania's Sustainability Director, told IndustriaCarnii.ro. </p> <p>At the time of acquisition, Maier Com had a small volume and distribution, but the company will definitely contribute to increasing the volume of sausages produced and distributed in Romania in the future, Smithfield representatives said. </p> <p>"The company commits itself to continue investing in the continuous improvement of our production facilities, always taking into account the ultimate goal of delivering products of the highest quality and best service to our customers," says Cristina Bodea. </p> <p>Maier Com had a turnover of 10.5 million lei (2.3 million euros) in 2017 (latest data available), 18% less than in the previous year, a profit of 251.000 lei. Smithfield meat producer ended 2017 with a turnover of 1.14 billion lei (250 million euros), according to figures from the Ministry of Finance.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-02-05 12:38:59 | 2025-08-11 08:25:21 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4403 | Smithfield changes strategy and executive team | The new CEO of the company, Dennis Organ, decided to change the team under him. | <p>This week, Smithfield Foods unveiled a management shakeup as the world’s largest pork processor and its new chief executive deal with the ripple effects of a pandemic-led drop in restaurant meat consumption and coronavirus infections among US workers. Demand for pork has dropped in the US market as the pandemic has reduced meat shipments to restaurants, cafeterias and other food-service outlets. In front of this situation, Smithfield' new CEO Dennis Organ, previously the company’s chief operating officer, decided to change the strategy along with part of the executive team.<br />The shake-up announced by the Smithfield Foods includes the retirements of the chief commodity hedging officer, two executives in the packaged meats division and a senior adviser to the CEO, after decades at the company. At the same time, Organ has installed new members in front positions. As a result, Russ Dokken was promoted to chief sales officer from executive vice president of US packaged meats.<br />Scott Saunders becomes chief supply chain officer after working as executive vice president of the company’s US supply chain and president of fresh pork. Joe Weber was promoted to chief commodity hedging officer from executive vice president of growth and emerging business.<br />"This team will carry our company forward and make Operational Excellence our standard", declared Dennis Organ in a statement. Smithfield last year said it was headed for record profits before the pandemic hit and spent more than $600 million on employee health and safety measures.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2021-01-08 11:49:38 | 2025-08-11 20:49:55 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1869 | Smithfield closes one of its meat distribution centers | Smithfield Foods has announced it is closing its meat distribution center from North Carolina. | <p>The information was posted by the state Commerce Department. The company said that by the end of October it will close all operations in the Johnston County town of Clayton.</p> <p>The company will lay off 102 employees from this unit. The first wave of layoffs will start October 7.</p> <p>As reported by the Herald Sun, the company did not comment on the reason for the closing of the facility.</p> <p>Furthermore, in August, a federal jury took the decision that Smithfield owed $473.5 million to three hog farms in Pender County. Herald Sun reports that the decision was based on a lawsuit filled by six neighbors of the company's facility.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-09-06 17:21:22 | 2025-08-07 03:41:22 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1655 | Smithfield denies the rumors about closing its ham factory in Virginia | "We evaluate the best site to produce our Genuine Smithfield Ham. Recent media reports are sensationalized and exaggerated". | <p>News regarding closing down one of the oldest facilities owned by Smithfield Foods is denied by the company. The producer explained that it has halted the operation in the smokehouse that produces Genuine Smithfield Ham in Smithfield, Virginia while is looking for another site to relocate the production line.<br />"Recent media reports regarding Smithfield Foods, Inc. closing its smokehouse that produces Genuine Smithfield Ham in Smithfield, Virginia, are sensationalized and exaggerated. Contrary to these media reports, Smithfield has absolutely no intention of ceasing production of Genuine Smithfield Ham in the town of Smithfield, Virginia. The company simply shuttered one of the oldest buildings on our large Smithfield-Virginia complex while we evaluate the best site to produce our Genuine Smithfield Ham going forward. Our smokehouse employees have been relocated to another facility on our campus", Keira Lombardo, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Smithfield Foods said in a press release.<br />At this time, the demand for ham is to be covered by the products kept on the inventory while the producers can use the opportunity to assess alternatives for the production of these item.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-07-25 14:00:38 | 2025-08-11 21:50:38 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5905 | Smithfield Europe acquires Goodies in Romania | Smithfield Europe, a subsidiary of U.S.-based meat processing company Smithfield Foods, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Goodies Meat Production, a Romanian company operating in the meat processing industry. | <p><span lang="DE">Goodies Meat Production SRL, one of the most important private label producer in Romania, operates a production unit in Ceptura de Jos, Prahova, and has 320 employees. Its product portfolio includes: salami, ham, sausage, bacon and other meat specialties.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The acquisition of Goodies Meat Production is part of Smithfield Europe's strategic development plan. Smithfield and Elit were impressed by the way the Goodies team uses the latest technology to produce good food, its outstanding team and high operating standards.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Elit has constantly developed its range of products and has always followed the growth of the market share. In order to maintain this trend, we are ready to increase the footprint of our operations, declared Voicu Vuscan, Elit Administrator. I am convinced that the Goodies company will make a valuable contribution to the successful fulfillment of our business objectives and I want to welcome them to our team."</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We are proud that our way of working, the technologies we use and the products we make are appreciated by an industry leader," said Gabriel Cimpeanu and Adrian Nenita, Directors of Goodies Meat Production. "We are delighted to be part of a group where innovation, responsibility and operational excellence are the basis of every product."</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The purchase agreement is subject to the approval of the competent regulatory authorities in Romania, including the Competition Council.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-11-30 04:58:57 | 2025-08-11 16:12:40 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 5234 | Smithfield Foods announce new goal in food waste | The company aims to halve overall food loss and waste in its US-based operations by 2030. | <p>Smithfield Foods announced a new goal to halve overall food loss and waste in its US company-owned operations by 2030. The new commitment aligns with various resource conservation and waste reduction initiatives the company has underway in its operations, including efforts to reduce overall waste sent to landfills by 75% and achieve zero-waste-to-landfill certification at three-quarters of its US facilities by 2025.</p> <p>With the implementation of its new food loss and waste target, Smithfield joins the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) US Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions list of private businesses and organizations which have publicly committed to reducing food loss and waste. Existing champions include leaders from across the food chain such as Amazon, Aramark, Campbell Soup Company, Hilton, Kroger, PepsiCo, Unilever, Walmart, Walt Disney World Resort, Wegmans Food Markets and many others.</p> <p>"For years, Smithfield has spearheaded impactful programs to proactively minimize waste and reduce carbon emissions. Simultaneously, we've taken meaningful action to fight food insecurity in our communities. Our new food loss and waste goal furthers both of these objectives and underscores our longstanding commitment to produce wholesome, safe and affordable food in a responsible way," said Stewart Leeth, chief sustainability officer for Smithfield Foods.</p> <p>Additionally, Smithfield has accepted an invitation to the 10x20x30 initiative, which brings together 10+ of the world's largest food retailers and providers to engage at least 20 suppliers to halve food loss and waste by 2030. The company is also a member of the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, an initiative by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks and Dairy Farmers of America that aims to avoid or eliminate food waste first and repurpose what can't be eliminated into renewable energy via farm-based anaerobic digesters.<br />Since 2008, the company has donated hundreds of millions of protein servings across the US through its Helping Hungry Homes hunger-relief initiative and has pledged to donate an additional 100 million servings by 2025.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2022-01-19 08:21:35 | 2025-08-11 15:34:08 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2010 | Smithfield Foods announces its plans to expand its Kentucky facility | Smithfield Foods will invest $1.2 million to expand its Grayson, Kentucky facility in order to increase the production capacity by 20%. | <p> </p> <p>The Grayson facility produces Smithfield brand spiral sliced hams. The company will need 40 additional employees in order to meet its growing operational needs. The available positions include general production, maintenance and engineering trainee.</p> <p>“In the last several years, our growth has allowed us to invest in our facilities and create new opportunities for those living in the communities we call home,” said Jeff Salyer, Grayson plant manager for Smithfield Foods, Inc. “We are proud to invest in Grayson and look forward to welcoming new members of the Smithfield Family at this facility, which helps put holiday hams and other mealtime favorites on millions of tables each year.”</p> <p>“Now is the perfect time to start a new career with Smithfield,” said Sheri Wallace, human resources manager for Smithfield’s Grayson facility. “Beyond the above-average pay and highly competitive benefits, Smithfield’s employees can participate in a variety of company-organized initiatives that encourage community involvement, career advancement, and personal development. The resources available to our employees are unrivaled by many, especially within the Tri-State area.”<br /> <br />The Grayson facility currently employs more than 570 residents from Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, and is conveniently located along I-64 for easy accessibility to the Tri-State area.</p> <p>Smithfield Foods is a $15 billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands including Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, Farmland, Armour, John Morrell, Cook’s, Kretschmar, Gwaltney, Curly’s, Margherita, Carando, Healthy Ones, Krakus, Morliny and Berlinki.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-06 09:10:52 | 2025-08-11 18:53:51 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 82 | Smithfield Foods buys out Kansas City Sausage Company | Smithfield Foods fully acquired the leading U.S. pre-rigor sausage producer and processor Kansas City Sausage Company, according to a press release. | <p> </p> <p>KC Sausage has operations in Des Moines, Iowa and Kansas City, Missouri. In Des Moines, the company produces premium raw materials for sausage, as well as value-added products, including boneless hams. The Kansas City plant is the newest and most modern sausage processing facility in the U.S. and is designed for optimum efficiency to provide retail and foodservice customers with the highest quality products.</p> <p>In Feb. 2013, Smithfield formed a 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage aimed at expanding into the fast-growing breakfast sausage and dinner sausage business.</p> <p>According to Smithfield, packaged breakfast and dinner sausages generate $4 billion in sales annually to retailers and food service companies.</p> <p>"This latest acquisition will build on the success of our growing packaged meats business and brands. It simultaneously enhances our vertically integrated supply chain, further harmonizing our live production and processing capabilities," said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer for Smithfield Foods. "With this transaction, we will strengthen our focus on branded pre-rigor pork products and leverage Smithfield's expansive sales and distribution network to bring these premium offerings to more consumers."</p> <p>"This full acquisition further supports the growth of several key packaged meats categories, including breakfast and fresh dinner sausage, as well as Italian style meal solutions like meatballs," said Joseph B. Sebring, president, packaged meats division of Smithfield Foods. "Kansas City Sausage produces some of Smithfield Foods' fastest growing products including Smithfield Breakfast Sausage, Smithfield Craft Collection Seasonal Brats, and Carando Meatballs. In fact, Carando currently boasts the fastest selling fresh meatball in the U.S."</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2017-08-16 14:50:14 | 2025-08-11 19:03:08 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7703 | Smithfield Foods carves out European business | Smithfield Foods announces the carve out of its European operations to further accelerate the unique growth opportunities of both businesses. Smithfield Foods and Morliny Foods, previously known as Smithfield Europe, will remain subsidiaries of WH Group. | <p>Over the last decade, Smithfield Foods has transformed its North American business by growing and significantly expanding the profit contribution from its higher-margin Packaged Meats segment while improving the cost structure and commodity market exposure in its Fresh Pork and Hog Production segments. Smithfield expects to continue to drive North American growth by building Packaged Meats share through product innovation, leveraging a well-recognized brand portfolio that spans consumer price points, continually optimizing its operations and through investments enabled by stable cash flows and a strong balance sheet.</p> <p>Smithfield Foods’ North American presence includes a majority stake in Altosano, previously known as Granjas Carroll de México, a joint venture in Mexico and one of the nation’s leading suppliers of fresh pork.</p> <p>Morliny Foods has adopted a region-specific growth strategy to address a more fragmented European market with different market dynamics than in North America. The business supplies fresh pork and poultry and packaged meats across the continent from operations in Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain and the U.K.</p> <p>"It’s the right time to establish our North American and European operations as stand-alone businesses empowered to execute distinct strategies addressing different market environments and opportunities", said Shane Smith, president and CEO of Smithfield Foods. "In doing so, we provide our respective management teams with increased decision-making agility, optimizing the performance and prospects for each business".</p> <p>"We will benefit by being a nimbler competitor with a focused strategy addressing the European food market", said Luis Cerdan, CEO of Morliny Foods. "We are confident this step will accelerate growth opportunities for our people and our company".</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-28 00:35:03 | 2025-08-11 12:48:48 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4174 | Smithfield Foods changes the leader | Following a four-decade-long career, Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, will be replaced next year with the company's COO, Dennis Organ. | <p>Kenneth M. Sullivan, Smithfield's president and chief executive officer, will retire from the company, effective in early 2021, and is going to be replaced with the company's COO, Dennis Organ, announced Smithfield Foods in a press release. During his five years as president and chief executive officer, Sullivan delivered record results and led Smithfield through a transformation. Several years of his CEO-ship were devoted to the realization of "One Smithfield," the initiative that unified all Smithfield's operations, brands and more than 55,000 employees globally under one corporate umbrella.<br />"It has been a great honor and privilege to lead Smithfield for the past five years. As a leading global food and agriculture company, we have an incredibly important role to play in society. It is an obligation we have proudly embraced over our more than 80-year history. We have persevered through an extraordinary time in 2020. Together, we have met unprecedented challenges head-on. More than ever before, we have lived the values embodied in our preeminent guiding principle, Responsibility, and our tagline 'Good food. Responsibly'. I know the future holds great promise and opportunity for Smithfield and all its 55,000 team members in the US and Europe," said Mr. Sullivan.</p> <p>Organ joined Smithfield in 2010 and assumed his current position as chief operating officer, US operations, in 2019. For the past two years, he has overseen the day-to-day operations of the company's entire vertically integrated domestic business, including its more than 40,000 team members across 32 states. <br />"I am incredibly thankful and excited to have the opportunity to lead and serve Smithfield. I want to personally thank WH Group for their trust and confidence in me. We are tremendously fortunate to have had Ken at the helm of our company for the last five years, and particularly this past year. Thanks to Ken and his leadership, and the actions of our Smithfield Family, our ROI guiding principles now underpins everything we do and are our keys to success. Building on our ROI foundation together is our path forward," said Mr. Organ.</p> <p>Wan Long, executive director, chairman and chief executive officer, for WH Group, Smithfield's publicly traded parent company, said: "Ken has provided outstanding leadership to Smithfield over the last five years. We are extremely grateful for his many contributions to WH Group throughout his tenure and wish him well in his retirement. Looking forward, Dennis' experience as chief operating officer will prove invaluable as he leads Smithfield forward. We believe he is the ideal person to continue to optimize Smithfield's unique assets for the benefit of all our stakeholders. We believe Smithfield's best days are yet to come."</p> | 1 | Events | 2020-10-21 11:25:03 | 2025-08-11 21:37:02 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6941 | Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms | Smithfield Foods said this week that it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply, according to Reuters. | <p>Pork producers have been losing money as pig prices and consumer demand for pork have struggled at a time of high costs for labor and other expenses.</p> <p>Smithfield, owned by Hong Kong's WH Group, said it will terminate employees who support its dealings with farms that raise hogs under production contracts. Layoffs may total about 70 employees, or up to one third of the 210 workers in Smithfield's Utah hog production operations.</p> <p>"Our industry and company are experiencing historically challenging hog production market conditions", CEO Shane Smith said.</p> <p>Smithfield in October said it would close a pork processing plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company previously said it was permanently closing 35 hog farm sites in Missouri and laying off employees.</p> <p>Smithfield needs such cutbacks to remain competitive, Smith said. A company statement cited an "industry oversupply of pork, weaker consumer demand and high feed prices" as challenges, though futures prices for corn used for livestock feed last month fell to their lowest level in nearly three years.</p> <p>U.S. meat companies also grappled with an excess of chicken this year and tightening supplies of cattle due to drought.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-12-07 00:10:42 | 2025-08-11 19:21:43 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4577 | Smithfield Foods goes for green packaging | By 2030, the company intends to have consumer packaging that is 90% recyclable, reusable, or industrially compostable and to halve the use of virgin petroleum-based plastic. | <p>Smithfield Foods announced its plans to achieve consumer packaging that is 90% recyclable, reusable, or industrially compostable and to halve the use of virgin petroleum-based plastic.<br />To meet these goals, the company has established an internal cross-functional team to investigate and explore new strategic packaging and plastic-use reduction options. Among the team's current efforts is the identification and testing of replacements for products currently packaged using polystyrene (PS) trays.<br />Both the new recyclable packaging and plastic reduction goals build upon the company's zero-waste-to-landfill initiative, which outlines a plan to reduce overall solid waste sent to landfills 75% by 2025 through utilizing or recycling materials once disposed of as garbage.</p> <p>"Continual efforts to innovate packaging in favor of materials that can be recycled, reused and composted is an important component of holistic, sustainable food production," said Stewart Leeth, chief sustainability officer for Smithfield Foods. "As a food-industry sustainability pioneer, Smithfield recognizes the importance of continuing to explore new ways to build upon our ambitious commitments and reduce waste across production and operations." Smithfield is an active member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), the authority and leading voice on sustainable packaging and related initiatives. <br />As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and constant product innovation, Smithfield launched the Pure Farmland brand in 2019, a plant-based protein line featuring sustainable packaging and trays made from more than 50% recycled material.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2021-04-01 11:23:55 | 2025-08-11 18:14:21 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 79 | Smithfield Foods, one of the world's largest pork processors and hog producers, announced recently the incorporation of Agronomic Technology Corporation's (ATC) Adapt-N and N-Insight services into its SmithfieldGro program. The new addition is part of the company's efforts of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% throughout its entire supply chain by 2025, according to a press release. | <p> </p> <p>Smithfield will provide this technology to farmers to help them improve their economic and environmental performance on 100,000 acres of fields that produce corn for swine feed.</p> <p>Last year, Smithfield became the first major protein company to announce a far-reaching GHG reduction goal, of which helping farmers reduce nitrous oxide emissions is a key component.</p> <p>"Improper fertilizer application can be detrimental to crop yields and profits as well as to the environment," said Kraig Westerbeek, vice president of engineering and environmental support services for Smithfield Foods. "With this new tool, we're helping farmers minimize costs and maximize profits while reducing potential fertilizer runoff."</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2017-08-11 16:22:04 | 2025-08-11 20:56:50 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 88 | Smithfield Foods invests $25 million in Chef'd | Smithfield Foods plans to invest 25 million dollars in Chef'd, a best-in-class e-commerce meal marketplace. The move is part of a strategic partnership that makes Smithfield the brand's largest strategic investor and it provides the company a seat on the board of Chef'd. | <p> </p> <p>The strategic partnership will leverage Smithfield’s portfolio of brands for meal kit solutions across a variety of occasions.</p> <p>In addition, Chef’d will have access to Smithfield’s product development and sourcing capabilities, national distribution network and facilities, and Smithfield is expected to benefit from Chef’d’s direct-to-consumer model by collecting consumer insights and sales data.</p> <p>"This strategic partnership reflects our continued commitment to innovation—both in our products and how they are delivered to consumers," said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods. "We're able to expand our e-commerce capabilities and reach consumers looking for high-quality, stress-free meals."</p> <p>Smithfield Foods also said that additional details about the partnership will be announced in the coming months.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2017-08-17 11:50:35 | 2025-08-11 19:52:40 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 3174 | Smithfield Foods launches new plant-based protein products | 8 items comprising breakfast patties, meatballs, burger patties, and pre-seasoned protein starters are coming on the market under the company's Pure Farmland brand. | <p>Smithfield Foods announced the launch of a plant-based protein portfolio under the company's Pure Farmland brand. The new line comes in a variety of breakfast patties, meatballs, burger patties, and pre-seasoned protein starters to help consumers grow their plant-based protein options for all meal occasions, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and appetizers.</p> <p>The brand-new Pure Farmland soy-based line features eight fresh, versatile, juicy, and flavorful products. All items are made with natural flavors, are gluten and dairy-free, and serve as a good source of protein. Given that soy is a complete protein, it provides levels of all essential amino acids that many other plant proteins do not provide.</p> <p>Pure Farmland products cater to those who choose a “flexitarian” eating style, in which they are actively trying to consume less meat in their diets. "We’re thrilled to announce the launch of this new product portfolio under our Pure Farmland brand. We’ve been exploring the alternative protein space, and have taken our time to get it right. With this launch, we are bringing together our expertise in creating market-leading food products, our organizational commitment to sustainability, and our deep understanding of ‘flexitarian’ consumers, to deliver a broad variety of flavorful plant-based protein choices that consumers want and can afford at a great value," said John Pauley, Chief Commercial Officer for Smithfield Foods. <br />Pure Farmland plant-based protein products will be available in the fresh, refrigerated sections of grocery retailers nationwide in mid-September. Also, the plant-based products are offered in sustainable packaging with trays made from more than 50% recycled material.</p> | 1 | Retail | 2019-08-13 08:15:44 | 2025-08-11 18:10:42 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2346 | Smithfield Foods opened a new facility in North Carolina | Smithfiled Foods will create 250 new jobs in Tar Heel, North Carolina, with the opening of a new distribution center in which the company invested $100 million. | <p>The new facility has 500,000 square feet, about the size of eight football fields. The company expects its blast cell cold storage capabilities at its processing facility to strengthen its supply chain in order to better serve customers globally.</p> <p>“We are experiencing an exciting time of growth and this new distribution center will help us continue to optimize our footprint,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer for Smithfield Foods. “More than 10,000 Smithfield Family members already call North Carolina home, and we’re proud that our investment in this project will create even more jobs. We look forward to welcoming new employees into our family.”</p> <p>The Tar Heel distribution center has begun making shipments and will be fully operational by Jan. 2019.</p> <p>The company says the new facility features nearly 50,000 pallet positions and has an annual capacity of more than one billion pounds.</p> <p>Smithfield expects the distribution center to also optimize its transportation and distribution network to lower fuel usage, cut transportation costs, and improve delivery times. </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-12-17 13:23:58 | 2025-08-11 07:28:36 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3001 | Smithfield Foods pushes ahead its "manure-to-energy" plan | Manure collected from Smithfield farms in Missouri and Utah will be transformed into renewable natural gas and delivered to the communities in the area. | <p>Smithfield Foods is intensifying its efforts to reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2025 through the "manure-to-energy" plan. The company announced the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah in its hog farms. <br />"By finding innovative ways to reduce GHG emissions and use existing resources to power our planet, we are playing a critical role in providing consumers with nutritious food, as well as the renewable energy to prepare it. That’s our mission at Smithfield: to produce good food the right way," said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer for Smithfield Foods.</p> <p>In Missouri, construction is in progress to connect Smithfield farms equipped with covered lagoons to a biogas gathering system. This will build upon the company’s joint venture with Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) called Monarch Bioenergy, which converts manure collected from Smithfield farms into RNG, while simultaneously delivering ecological services and developing wildlife habitat in Missouri. Once complete, these projects will produce enough RNG to power approximately 15,400 homes.</p> <p>Similar progress is happening in Utah, where construction is underway on a low-pressure biogas transmission line that will connect “manure-to-energy” projects on Smithfield’s hog farms to an interstate biogas gathering system. The interstate system includes touchpoints in California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming, transporting gas to viable renewable energy markets to power homes, businesses, and transportation vehicles.</p> <p>This construction is the next phase of the company’s investment to build 26 hog farms in Utah equipped with renewable energy technology. The covered, mixed digesters, specifically designed for anaerobic digestion, will produce and collect biogas, which will be pumped into a low-pressure biogas transmission line for transport to a gas-upgrading station, where it will be refined and injected into the interstate biogas gathering system. These farms will also provide financial benefit to local family farmers who will own and operate the properties. Once operational, the project will create enough RNG to power 4,000 homes each year.</p> <p>“We are making significant progress in our renewable energy efforts—an area where we have become a prominent leader after more than a decade of research, investment, and projects,” said Stewart Leeth, vice president of regulatory affairs and chief sustainability officer. “The ability to reduce GHG emissions by producing clean RNG from hog manure is truly revolutionary. Our work and the partnerships we have established provide a highly innovative and transferrable model of sustainability best practices.”</p> <p>Within the next ten years, Smithfield will implement “manure-to-energy” projects across 90% of the company’s hog finishing spaces in North Carolina, Utah, and Virginia, and nearly all of Smithfield’s hog finishing spaces in Missouri. </p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-06-13 03:01:13 | 2025-08-11 19:07:12 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2636 | Smithfield Foods receives environmental, workplace safety and research awards | The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has recognized 58 of the company's facilities for environmental achievements, and 34 units workplace safety accomplishments. | <p>The company announced in a statement that also honored Dr. Doug Sutton, vice president of research and development for Smithfield Foods, with the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education’s Scientific Achievement Award.</p> <p>Smithfield received the awards from NAMI during the 2019 International Production and Processing Expo in Atlanta, Georgia.</p> <p>“Dr. Doug Sutton’s efforts toward scientific advancement, as well as our facility employees’ focus on important environmental and workplace safety issues, are key to the success of Smithfield’s exceedingly dynamic sustainability program,” said Stewart Leeth, vice president of regulatory affairs and chief sustainability officer for Smithfield Foods. “These awards are a testament to how our employees implement innovative solutions to deliver high-quality products to customers and consumers, protect our environment, and ensure worker safety.”</p> <p>Each year, NAMI presents the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education’s Scientific Achievement Award to an individual from the industry, academia, or government whose professional achievements have had a significant contribution to the scientific knowledge of the meat and poultry industry.</p> <p>The NAMI Environmental Achievement Awards program honors companies that go beyond environmental compliance by designing and successfully implementing innovative plant upgrades or environmental programs.</p> <p>The NAMI Worker Safety Recognition Awards recognize facilities for achieving high levels of safety performance as well as implementation of various key components of an effective safety and health program, specifically injury and illness reduction efforts.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-02-26 09:32:21 | 2025-08-11 18:08:06 | Details Edit Delete |
