Type: Public
On the web: http://www.smithfieldfoods.com
Employees: 46,350
Employee growth: (3.4%)

When Smithfield Foods waddles up to the trough, the other porkers stand back. Big from acquisitions, the company is the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include more than 50 brands of fresh pork and processed, value-added pork products. Smithfield Foods sells its products under such brand names as Armour, Eckrich, Cook's, Farmland Foods, John Morrell, Patrick Cudahy, Gwaltney, and Healthy Ones. In addition to meat products, the company's specialty foods division offers nuts, desserts, and dressings. Smithfield distributes its meats in the US and internationally, mainly in Mexico, Western Europe, the UK, Poland, and Romania.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending April, 2011:
Sales: $12,202.7M
One year growth: 8.9%
Net income: $521.0M

Officers:
Chairman: Joseph W. Luter III
President, CEO, and Director: C. Larry Pope
EVP and CFO: Robert W. (Bo) Manly IV

Competitors:
Cargill Meat Solutions
Hormel
Seaboard Foods

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