Smithfield Foods

At Smithfield, we are not only committed to hiring veterans in our own ranks, but also supporting them in our communities. Recently our Harrison, Springdale and Cincinnati facilities came together to support veterans in Butler County, Ohio. In total, our team members volunteered 21 hours prepping for county's celebratory event. Efforts included hanging signs and banners, setting up tents and creating food vouchers for attendees.

At Smithfield, we take our responsibility as a global leader in protein production seriously, and are always finding new ways to fight hunger, especially in rural communities. Like our partnership with Ripe for Revival, who brings mobile markets with fresh food to those in need. For more visit on efforts to combat food insecurity, visit www.goodiswhatwedo.com.

Recently, our Springdale, OH, Cincinnati, OH and Harrison, OH facilities joined together to support the Freestore Foodbank located in Cincinnati, OH. Over the course of 25 hours, ten Smithfield volunteers worked together to pack an impressive 680 boxes filled with non-perishable food items called Senior Boxes. Senior Boxes help provide essential nutrition to senior citizens in need.

At Smithfield Foods, we work to prioritize and foster a culture of engagement to ensure that various perspectives are represented to make for well-rounded discussions and decisions. For Jessica Jones, who helps manage these initiatives, it is all about creating an environment where people can authentically show up as themselves every day and in any room.

At Smithfield, we trace our history back to 1936 and the town of Smithfield, Virginia. Today, nearly 90 years later, we continue to value our hometown roots and support the community in which our headquarters remains. Just this week, we proudly attended Smithfield High's season opener to unveil the new Smithfield Foods' scoreboard. Smithfield High, we're cheering you on!

At Smithfield, feeding people is what we do. In Lincoln, NE our team members are taking this mission beyond the facility and into the community as they volunteer at the Matt Talbot Community Kitchen and Outreach Center. So far employees have dedicated more than 80 hours to the organization with four more dates already on the calendar!

Yesterday, we announced the carve out of our European operations to further accelerate the unique growth opportunities of both businesses, Smithfield Foods and Morliny Foods, previously known as Smithfield Europe. At Smithfield Foods, we remain focused on driving North American growth by building our Packaged Meats share through product innovation, leveraging a well-recognized brand portfolio that spans consumer price points, optimizing our operations and through investments enabled by stable cash flows and a strong balance sheet.

Bringing our employees together to produce "Good food. Responsibly.®" is a top priority for Smithfield, but we are also committed to bringing them together as both friends and colleagues to ensure a welcoming workplace. In Grayson, KY 76 of our Smithfield team members and their families recently took to the golf course for a day of play, fun and food.

Smithfield Foods continues to support students this back to school season. This week, we joined forces with the Duplin County Partnership for Children for their school supply giveaway in Kenansville, NC. Our $3,000 donation was used to help fill more than 1,000 backpacks for students from preschool through twelfth grade.

Our Smithfield, VA facility was recently awarded a Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) Platinum Award for Pretreatment Excellence and Pollution Prevention. This award recognizes local businesses for exceptional permit compliance and pollution prevention efforts. We are extremely proud of the team's hard work in protecting the waterways and natural resources in Hampton Roads.