US: Smithfield Foods posts "record" Q2
By: just-food.com | 9 December 2010
US meat producer Smithfield Foods today (9 December) posted "record" second-quarter results today (9 December) driven by higher prices in the pork business.
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US meat producer Smithfield Foods today (9 December) posted "record" second-quarter results today (9 December) driven by higher prices in the pork business.

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