US: Improvements in pork drive Smithfield earnings

By just-food.com | 10 March 2011

US meat group Smithfield Foods has revealed that improvements made at its restructured pork business have allowed it to capitalise on growing demand over the first nine months of its fiscal year.

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US meat group Smithfield Foods has revealed that improvements made at its restructured pork business have allowed it to capitalise on growing demand over the first nine months of its fiscal year.

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